Saint-Gobain Building Glass says it has further enhanced its collection of conservatory roof glass with the introduction of Azura+, ‘setting new benchmarks’ for the lowest g-value in the SGG Bioclean low maintenance self-cleaning range.
More than a year’s development is said to have gone into incorporating what Saint-Gobain claims is the best solar performing low maintenance self-cleaning coating onto the popular sapphire blue tinted substrate, offering an 83% heat reflection and 0.17 g-value, firmly placing the product at the top of Saint-Gobain’s roof glass range.
Jenni Bailey, market manager for Saint-Gobain’s conservatory range, said: “The result is a glass that will keep indoors cooler on warm summer days but give the same heat retention in colder weather due to its 1.0 u-value.
“Temperature control within conservatories is a major issue for end-users who quite rightly want to use them all year round. The addition of Azura+ will have a major impact on the overall comfort of a conservatory, allowing end-users to utilise their new space whatever the season.”
The high performance solar control coating of Azura+ is also complimented by SGG Bioclean, a ‘revolutionary’ low-maintenance self-cleaning function, which reportedly uses both rain and natural light from the sun to ‘efficiently combat dirt and grime’.
Saint-Gobain’s roof glass range already includes the bronze tinted Solara and the blue tinted Azura, both with Bioclean coating and, to streamline the range ahead of the launch of Azura+, the company’s green tinted Aqua and ‘virtually neutral’ Natura roof glass products have been rebranded to Aqua+ and Natura+ to reflect their use of the solar control coating.
The launch of SGG Bioclean Azura+ is backed by technical support, especially for processors who have not yet trialled it, and marketing support in the form of refreshed glass sample kits and brochures.
