News, technology, markets, events and opportunities for smart glass in the construction, healthcare, transport, arts and retail sectors.
Smart Glass World is the first industry-wide portal dedicated exclusively to the smart glass sector.
We aim to educate consumers and customers in the technologies, markets and opportunities underpinning the key innovations in smart and functional materials.
Our content centres around electro-optic, electrochromic, thermochromic, photochromic and transparent photovoltaic glass and other functional materials.
Expert Interview with Veeral Hardev of Ubiquitous Energy who explains how their transparent photovoltaic glass will bring aesthetically-pleasing, electricity-generating windows to the mainstream market.
Thermochromic smart glass reduces solar heat gain into buildings, reducing air conditioning costs and contributing to ‘net-zero’ construction.
With no applied voltage, the liquid crystals in PDLC smart glass orient randomly and scatter light. When an electrical signal is applied, the liquid crystals orient themselves parallel to each other, allowing light through and illuminating parts of the building which would otherwise remain in darkness.
Expert interview with Alain Garnier of Saint-Gobain SageGlass, who explains the innovations and future expectations in the electrochromic smart glass market.
Smart glass technologies can reduce failures in electronic medical devices at risk from interference due to lightning strikes and mobile phone transmitters.
Smart glass can help architects to cut carbon emissions by reducing heating and cooling costs in buildings, thus complying with the proposed new European Climate Law, which intends to convert Europe into the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
We are joined by Georges Figura, R+D Manager of Smart Lite (a division of Vision Systems) to talk about how smart glass has impacted the transport sector.
Electrochromic smart glass changes transmittance when powered by a DC voltage. This reversible change alters the state of the glass between transparent and opaque (or any state in between), switching states in the order of minutes.