ENGINEERING THE FUTURE OF GLASS Cardinal Glass Industries is a privately held, management- owned company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, operating from five wholly owned subsidiaries with factories located across the United States. More than 7,000 employees serve a broad domestic and international customer base. ENGINEERING THE Plant #1 St. Louis Park MN. Circa 1962 FUTURE Founded in 1962, Cardinal Glass is a leading provider of superior-quality glass products. Architects, designers and manufacturers worldwide trust Cardinal for the glass technologies and OF energy-saving insulating glass designs they need to specify top-of-the-line residential windows and doors. Our extensive footprint and vertically GLASS integrated operations enable consistently high levels of manufacturing agility and fulfillment responsiveness for our customers. Plant #45 BEIG. Buckeye AZ. 2020 CARDINAL OVERVIEW Introduction Locations PRODUCTS: PAGES 5-11 Product Overview Loå Coatings Laminated Glass Insulating Glass Neat+ Naturally Cleaner Glass Preserve Protective Film PERFORMANCE: PAGES 12-29 Energy Terminology Optical Properties of IG Units Center of Glass U-Factors of IG Units Overall Window U-Factors Heat Transfer: Winter Heat Gain Heat Transfer: Winter Heat Loss Heat Transfer: Summer Heat Gain Heat Transfer: Summer Night Outdoor Condensation Indoor Condensation Thermal Comfort Solar Energy Transmission Effects on Plant Growth UV Fading DURABILITY/LONGEVITY: PAGES 31-37 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE IQ - Intelligent Quality Insulating Glass Construction IG Testing How to use this guide DESIGN CRITERIA: PAGES 38-46 This document is interactive. These Glass Types Heat-Strengthened and Tempered Glass tools are included throughout to help Glazing Considerations you navigate more easily and quickly Thermal Stress and Glass Breakage find the information you need. Windloads and IG Size Limits Inert Gas Filling 1. Links in the Table of Contents Safety Glazing allow you to jump directly to any of the High Altitude seven sections or specific subject within each. LAMINATED GLASS: PAGES 47-56 Safety Glazing 2. External links Sea-Storm Windborne Debris Resistance take you to the Cardinal website for more Fallout Protection detailed information on specific subjects. Blast Resistance Security 3. Page navigation tools Decorative give you the option to print, go to last Energy Efficiency page, go back or forward one page, or Sound Control return to the Table of Contents from any page. UV and Solar Control Turtle Glass Interlayer Options APPENDIX: PAGES 57-58 Certification Index Cardinal Glass Industries Eden Prairie, MN, USA Cardinal IG® Technology Center Minneapolis, MN, USA Cardinal CG® Technology Center Spring Green, WI, USA Cardinal LG® Technology Center Ocala, FL, USA With Cardinal facilities and service teams nationwide, you'll receive the products and support you need, when you need it. Cardinal IG® Co. Cardinal LG® Co. (Insulating Glass) (Laminated Glass) Buckeye, AZ Amery, WI Fargo, ND Jessup, PA Fremont, IN Ocala, FL Greenfield, IA Hood River, OR Cardinal CT® Co. Roanoke, VA (Custom Tempering) Spring Green, WI Adel, GA Tomah, WI Cardinal IG® Easton, PA Waxahachie, TX Technology Center Fort Worth, TX Wilkes-Barre, PA Minneapolis, MN Los Angeles, CA Mount Airy, NC ® Cardinal CG Co. Cardinal Glass Uitca, OH (Coated Glass) Industries ® Buford, GA Headquarters Cardinal FG Co. Galt, CA Eden Prairie, MN (Float Glass) Northfield, MN Durant, OK Spring Green, WI Menomonie, WI Tumwater, WA Mooresville, NC Waxahachie, TX Portage, WI (Tempered Only Production) Winlock, WA Casa Grande, AZ Cardinal CG® Technology Center (Tempered Only Production) Moreno Valley, CA Cardinal AG® Automation Group Chehalis, WA Loveland, CO ROTAR Rotation Cathodes Mazomanie, WI Spring Green, WI 4 Loå Coated Glass From Loå coated glass to Laminated Glass insulating glass units and Insulating Glass Neat+TM Glass naturally cleaner glass, Preserve® Film Cardinal is your one-stop partner for products that exceed your customers’ expectations, now and well into the future. PROD- UCTS SEC- TION CARDINAL PRODUCTS 5 Far Beyond Ordinary Cardinal Loå glass sets Low-E Glass the industry standard for energy-efficient coated glass. Our patented, world-class sputtered PREMIUM PERFORMANCE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE Loå coatings remain LOW SOLAR GAIN GLASS GLASS FOR ALL CLIMATES GLASS FOR ALL CLIMATES [Three silver layers] unmatched for their [Four silver layers] [Three silver layers] quality, aesthetics and performance. These Quad Loå-452+TM has superior Loå3-366® delivers the perfect Solar radiation and glare coatings are virtually solar control with SHGC balance of solar control and control (three silver layers), high visible light transmission. designed to be on surface #2 clear, blocking the heat (solar heat gain coefficient) of 0.22, best-in-class low This coating is designed to be in a double-pane or triple- and reducing solar gain emissivity, low exterior re- on surface #2 in a double- pane insulating glass unit. ® while optimizing light flection and 99% UV radiation pane or triple-pane insulating Loå³-340 provides an indus- transmission. This helps blocking which is the highest glass unit. It will provide try-leading Solar Heat Gain to reduce electrical loads among Cardinal coated comfort and energy savings Coefficient (SHGC) of 0.18 in a during hot weather days and double-pane insulating glass while protecting interior glass, to protect interior furnishings from fading. provide a great thermal unit. It also blocks 98% of UV furnishings from UV This coating is designed to insulating quality by preventing light infiltration. damage. be on surface #2 in a double- heat to conduct through the pane or triple-pane insulating insulating glass unit. It also blocks 95% of UV light infiltration. Options for Every glass unit. Application The vast portfolio of energy-efficient Cardinal Loå glass options includes one, two, three and now even four layers of per- 3 formance to keep rooms CLEAR | Quad Loå-452+ CLEAR | Loå3-366 CLEAR | Loå -340 comfortable, views glare- free and energy bills man- ageable for homeowners in any weather. TRANSMITTED APPEARANCE TRANSMITTED APPEARANCE TRANSMITTED APPEARANCE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE CARDINAL LoåCARDINAL GLASS COATED CARDINAL PRODUCTS 6 ADVANCED PERFORMANCE ADVANCED PERFORMANCE HIGH SOLAR GAIN GLASS ENHANCED PERFORMANCE MOISTURE CONTROL GLASS FOR MOST CLIMATES GLASS FOR MOST CLIMATES [One silver layer] GLASS GLASS [Two silver layers] [Two silver layers] [One indium tin oxide layer] [One indium tin oxide layer] Balanced solar control coating Balanced solar control coating Loå-180® and 180 ESCTM: High High solar gain coating Loå-x89® is a neutral color (two silver layers), provides (two silver layers), provides solar gain coating (one silver (Indium Tin Oxide), neutral exterior glass surface coating year-round thermal per- year-round thermal perform- layer), Loå-180 and Loå-180 in color and designed as a (indium tin oxide) which formance and comfort. ance and comfort. Filters more ESC are ideal for passive solar durable room side glass reduces outdoor glass Designed to be on surface solar radiation than the applications. They allow the coating, thus reflecting condensation. Designed for ® #2 in a double-pane or triple- Loå²-272 coating, which sun’s radiant heat to pass into escaping heat back into the surface #1 in a double-pane pane insulating glass unit. provides a slightly better solar the home while providing a room and lowering U-Fac- insulating glass unit to heat gain coefficient (SHGC) thermal insulating quality to tors. Loå-Di89TM is Loå-i89® reduce heat loss and the value. Designed to be on prevent conductive heat loss to coating sputtered onto both occurrence of the glass surface #2 in a double-pane the outside. Both coatings are sides of a single lite of glass. falling below the dew point" or triple-pane insulating designed for surface #3 It is designed to be used on sound better to me. This glass unit. placement in the insulating the indoor lite of an insulat- reduces the opportunity for glass unit. Because of the high ing glass (IG) unit. Loå-Di89 exterior condensation to visible light transmission, it is can be used to optimize occur. In addition, Loå-x89 the ideal coating for use in Canadian ER values to meet has a titanium dioxide coat- combination with Cardinal’s the Energy Star Canada ing which keeps the exterior low SHGC products in triple- building codes. glass surface cleaner for a pane windows. Loå-180 ESC longer period. was specifically engineered to meet the Energy Star Canada performance requirements. CLEAR | Loå2-272 CLEAR | Loå2-270 CLEAR | Loå-180 Loå-i89 AND Loå-Di89 HAVE Loå-x89 HAS MINIMAL TO NO MINIMAL TO NO EFFECT ON EFFECT ON REFLECTED AND REFLECTED AND TRANSMITTED TRANSMITTED COLOR. THE TRANSMITTED APPEARANCE TRANSMITTED APPEARANCE TRANSMITTED APPEARANCE COLOR. THE ACCOMPANYING ACCOMPANYING LOE GLASS LOE GLASS SPECIFIED WILL SPECIFIED WILL DOMINATE THE DOMINATE THE COLOR PROFILE COLOR PROFILE OF THE IGU. OF THE IGU. EXTERIOR APPEARANCE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE CARDINAL PRODUCTS 7 Laminated glass remains a Facilitated by our defect-free to meet the American Cardinal laminated glass highly a popular option due float glass and stringent Society of Testing Materials has much higher STC/OITC to its unique combination quality control measures, standard for preventing ratings than monolithic of desirable performance Cardinal leads the market in forced entry (ASTM F1233) glass. When combined properties.