Symposium for Industrial Standards of “Architectural Anti-Reflective Coated Glass” Held in Tianjin

Recently, China Building Glass and Industrial Glass Association held the first symposium on the industrial standards of “Architectural Anti-Reflective Coated Glass” in Tianjin. The meeting was attended by Executive Vice President of the association Baiheng Zhang, leaders and committee members of Insulated Glass Professional Committee, Coated Glass Professional Committee, as well as members from the expert group and the standard drafter.

As Executive Vice President Baiheng Zhang said, the standards have high degree of requirements and difficulties. While there are many complaints in the society of today regarding pollutions from glass reflection, the current local policies in the nation are insufficient to serve as the unified standards.  Provided that the standards can successfully take shape this time, it will be conducive to the promotion of anti-reflective coated glass applications in the future.  Although the standard-setting is a tough job, it can definitely be accomplished through the joint efforts of our industrial experts.

The standard drafter, Mr. Zeng Yubin from CSG Group explained the discussion paper for industrial standards of “Architectural Anti-Reflective Coated Glass” sentence for sentence, followed by comments and suggestions from participating experts and invited representatives.

Symposium for Industrial Standards of “Architectural Anti-Reflective Coated Glass” Held in Tianjin

British Scientists Developed New PV Glass Brick

We have seen such products as solar windows and solar roofs that can transform collected solar energy into electric energy; however surfaces of most buildings are all exposed to the sun. The researchers in University of Exeter, UK created a kind of new product recently, which can convert the sun's rays into usable energy.

The product is called Solar Squared. The transparent bricks comprise several optical components and each optical component focuses sunlight on each solar cell. All elements of each brick can be connected, bricks can also be connected and solar energy is transformed into electric energy at last. Moreover, the electric energy can be delivered to the power system in reverse.

Researchers are looking for partners for commercial testing now and they hope to provide finished products sometime next year.

British Scientists Developed New PV Glass Brick

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Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University Developed Smart Light-controlled and Temperature-controlled Graphene Glass

Dai Nianhua, the Professor of Department of Materials, National Tsing Hua University guided student teams to develop smart glass with graphene, which can adjust transparency with temperature so as to lower the internal temperature.

The global warming effect is throughout the country and some areas even have 50℃. Graphene has the characteristic of transforming luminous energy into heat energy, it becomes fluent material after being mixed with temperature susceptibility hydrogel and after it is injected between two pieces of glass, the smart glass will turn to be opaqueness within 1-2 minute(s) to obstruct multiple lights if the environment temperature is more than 32℃. If the technology is applied on the side glass of autos, the rapid increase of in-car temperature can be avoided; and when the drivers switch on cool air on autos, the glass will turn transparent after the temperature drops.

Different colors of smart glass can be produced according to different requirements after adjustment of the formulation, which can be applied in smart houses. The technology won an innovation award and we are applying for patents in many countries now.

Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University Developed Smart Light-controlled and Temperature-controlled Graphene Glass

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New High Transmittance Glass Blocks 90% of IR

A new type of high transmittance and high thermal insulation float glass with independent intellectual property rights has been developed successfully recently, setting new world record in energy-saving index. The product has passed the technical appraisal review conducted by China Building Material Federation of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. 

By blending compound oxide in glass during melting, the new float glass achieves high transmittance and high thermal insulation with a unique glass body additive formula and process. A 6mm thick glass emitting soft blue glow offers 70% of optical transmittance while blocking 90% of IR under strong sunlight, without any coating film or shield.

Compared with similar products in U.S., the creative technology does not require new production lines.  As the new float glass can be manufactured simply by adding compound oxide in traditional glass kilns, this innovation greatly lowers the production cost and is a major breakthrough in glass processing industry.

New High Transmittance Glass Blocks 90% of IR

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AGC Group Releases an On-line Tool that Simulates the Effect of Architectural Glass Application

It’s not easy to imagine the effect of a particular glass application in a building not yet built. An on-line APP just released by AGC can help you solving this problem by simulating the actual appearance of building glass.

Before construction, this tool will help architects to preview the outlook of the building with various types of glass under different timing and weather conditions. It also allows you to compare 8 glass selection programs, making it all easy for architects and users to choose their desired designing plan and product through virtual simulation. 

AGC Group Releases an On-line Tool that Simulates the Effect of Architectural Glass Application

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The World’s First Large CdTe Film Low Light Solar Panel Rolls off the Production Line

Recently, the world’s first large CdTe film low light solar panel successfully rolled of the production line at CNBM (Chengdu) Optoelectronic Materials Co., Ltd. In Chengdu, Sichuan, indicating that the first Chinese industry 4.0 CdTe film low light solar panel pilot production line with international advanced level and annual generating capacity of 80 megawatts is now in operation. 

The 1.2 X 1.6m film low light solar panel integrates glass and electricity generating materials by coating a film of CdTe photovoltaic material over ordinary glazing, converting it into a conductive building material that can generate electric power. The product is a versatile recyclable green solar panel that can carry out photoelectric conversion in low light conditions and replace conventional building materials in parts of the building envelope such as bricks and curtain wall. This advance has laid a solid foundation for large scale implementation of building-integrated photovoltaics. 

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Scientists Invented New “Double-glazing” Solar Power Device

Researchers from the University of Warwick have invented a new “double-glazing” solar power device. Unlike any other existing solar panels, this device opens up fresh opportunities to develop more advanced photovoltaics.

This unique approach uses gas instead of vacuum to transport electrical energy. The device is essentially a thin double-glazed window. The outer pane is transparent and conductive while the inner pane is coated with a special material that acts as the source of electrons under sunlight. This is called “photocathode.”  The two panes are separated by a layer of safe inert gas, such as argon. When sunlight shines on the device, electrons are knocked out of the photocathode and reach the outer pane through gas without being absorbed or lost. This method is totally different from the way electrons work in the existing solar panels, and offers new possibilities for the improvement of solar power generation. The electrons are then collected and the electrical energy is fed into the network. This process is accomplished through a gap filled with gas rather than vacuum and is more cost-efficient for any practical device.

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