Without any added colouring, our ultra-clear float glass has the highest transparency and is able to achieve the highest electrical production possible. Depending on the desired appearance, you can choose to hide the PV technology or add an intriguing layer of visual detail to the facade by keeping it visible. Textures and finishes can be curated to sculpt reflections or further improve energy production.

Plasma Vacuum Deposited (PVD) coating on the rear of the glass provides a unique combination of efficiency, permanence, and spectacular iridescent hues. The aesthetic quality of the metallic-like facades is achieved through multi-layered nanoscale filters, which ensure that only specific wavelengths of light are reflected and that most are transmitted through the glass to be captured by the PV cells

Similar to the metallic-like structural coating, the ceramic-like coatings are achieved using PVD nano-coatings. However, the ceramic-like coating achieves a fully diffused reflection through macro-level mixing. Applied on the rear of the glass, it can be provided in almost any shade to ensure the desired architectural integration. Its aesthetic appearance is comparable to a ceramic, stucco, or painted surface when combined with satinated glass, but can also be combined with crystal float glass for more traditional spandrel effects, or with textured glass for an advanced tactile or macro-level effect.

he traditional choice of printing coloured ceramic pigments onto the rear of the glass can create patterns not attainable with structural coatings, but does so at the cost of lower generating efficiency. With the Glass Frit Print, patterns, colours, shapes, and graphics can be precisely defined. However, due to the opaque nature of the pigments, a pattern of holes must be incorporated to allow sunlight to penetrate to the PV cells behind the glass. The end result is less efficient energy harvesting and potentially lower colour permanence, which must be considered against its aesthetic possibilities.