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A huge step forward in technology, the new ‘energy saving’ glass blocks halve the thermal transmittance of the classic glass block.

Eco-friendly energy saving glass blocks

This new development in glass architecture makes it possible to design buildings completely built from glass blocks with attention given to safeguarding and protecting the environment and saving energy.

Without changing the glass block characteristics, this improves the performances relating to the reflection and transmission of solar energy in the glass block. The classic glass block is made up of two half-shells containing air without humidity.

This system, patented by Seves, is comparable to a system made up of two floating glass sheets joined together with the interposition of a ‘chamber’ containing air without humidity.

As a result, the glass surfaces increase from two to three and the combined effect of a ‘low emissive’ glass sheet, Argon gas and the three glass surfaces considerably reduces the block’s thermal transmittance value.