Monday, March 7, 2011

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Glass: innovations in architecture


the last century, the transparent casing element in architecture is now characterized contestualizzaore urban space and full of richness of form.
However, issues related to the use of glass, especially from the standpoint of thermo-acoustic and humidity are not to be underestimated. Atttualmente industrial production, with products targeted by the technical characteristics, is trying to optimize its performance, even with selective materials, able to adapt to environmental conditions where they are assembled.

A product of this kind is cromogenetico glass, able to change their optical second external stimuli (sunlight, light, temperature).

important in the field of heat is instead the electrochromic glass , stimulated through the application of a voltage that allows them to change the transmission to ensure an internal temperature optimized.

Other innovative material is thermochromic glass, capable of changing its appearance when heated, the glass at the hottest hours of the day, and with peak temperatures, becomes more shielded in order to ensure greater comfort inside the building. When the temperature tends to drop, gradually will clear up to go transparent.

They behave the same way photochromic glasses, which can change its optical characteristics through the use of liquid crystals, and these, placed in a laminated glass, when stimulated electrically allow the glass to change its transparency. When not stimulated, the crystals, while maintaining a look of frosted glass and non-transparent, allow filtering of light, yet not allow the vision inside.

Under the energy savings are very important to photovoltaic glass, gauze that the integration of photovoltaic cells on its surface, allow you to store energy.

Finally, the self-cleaning glass and hydrophobic which, thanks to hydrophilic nanostructured coatings oo let slip away the water, washing away any traces decomposed.

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