Types of Curtain Glass Window For Modern Commercial Buildings

Since glass curtain walls replaced masonry construction in the modern buildings, the depth and reach of light penetration has great improvement. It reduces the consumption for artificial lighting as well as consequently cuts down on lighting bills. In addition, unlike traditional office spaces with solid walls, curtain wall facade system can provide people a modern office in tall buildings which opens up offices to more collaboration and natural light.

For a long time, commercial curtain wall would be considered an apple of the architects’ eyes in the modern times. In the current market, there are a few popular types of curtain wall window available for your commercial buildings as follow:
1. Safety Glass Window
In most cases, safety and security of a building’s occupants and valuables are of paramount importance all along. This issue can be dealt with by using a special kind of window glass known as safety glass. Now, safety glass has two variants: toughened safety glass and laminated safety glass.
Both these glasses are four to five times stronger than ordinary untreated glass, which means these two types of curtain glass window cannot be broken easily over time. Moreover, both the two types of safety glass do not break into sharp, injurious shards, unlike ordinary glass. Toughened safety glass breaks into small, blunt, pebble-like pieces that do not cause harm whereas laminated safety glass pieces simply remain stuck to the PVB interlayer without falling apart.
2. Privacy Glass Window
Tinted and frosted glass windows can offer opacity levels in spaces where privacy is imperative. Especially, people can enjoy the beauty of glass without compromising on having a personal space. Tinted and frosted window glass is available in a variety of shades and textures. In addiiton, a third variant of privacy window glass is also available today that allows people to enjoy privacy on-demand: smart glass window and switchable glass window.
3. Heat-Reflective Glass window
Like any common building, curtain wall buildings have the problem with energy conservation both in terms of heat and light. Though natural daylight is an absolute must for the body in order to assimilate vital nutrients such as calcium, glare and heat that come along are not just redundant, they can even be harmful. The UV rays of the sun can lead to skin cancers, heat can cause strokes, and glare can damage vision. In that regard, heat-reflective or energy-efficient window glass is such a magic type of glass wall window in the market. This type of window glass meets several needs at once to facilitate optimal daylight and glare management as well as block out harmful UV rays of the sun.