Thermal Performance - This Year’s Hot Topic?

After the hottest July on record this summer, the air conditioning industry is enjoying an upturn that continued media hype about global warming may help it sustain. Meanwhile, the most environmentally sound solution to keeping cool during the summer months and reducing energy consumption during the winter may actually lie within advances in the glazing sector.

After taking the conservatory market by storm with its blue-tinted Celsius Glass for conservatory roofs, K2 Glass has extended its range to offer Celsius Clear, a lightly tinted thermal performance glass. Designed specifically for use in glazing panels, the innovative glass will ensure a temperate environment all year round, regardless of the weather outside.

Explains Sharon Owen, Sales Manager from K2 Glass: "Celsius Glass has been extraordinarily successful, with the glass range having consistently exceeded its sales targets since the company first started marketing the product in 2003 and turnover has doubled year on year throughout the past 4 years, as year and more and more end users realising the temperature control, energy efficiency and aesthetic benefits of thermal performance glass. We were finding that an increasing number of enquiries were coming through for Celsius to be used throughout a conservatory, but the blue tint could make some installations too dark. With Celsius Clear, we can provide the appearance of normal glass while offering the temperature control and thermal efficiency benefits of advanced glass technology."

Offering 58% more solar reflection than standard glass with a 50% improvement in thermal efficiency, Celsius Clear helps to keep the room cooler during warm weather and to reduce energy consumption and heating bills during the winter.

Sharon continues: "While many have enjoyed the hot spell over the summer, it has fuelled the debate about global warming and many homeowners are looking for the most environmentally sound means of modifying their home to cope with future fluctuations in weather patterns and reduce its carbon footprint. Celsius Clear gives homeowners the perfect combination of being able to enjoy the sunshine during a heatwave, safe in the knowledge that their energy consumption will be lower thanks to better thermal retention in the winter and a reduced need for artificial ventilation in the summer."