Heated Glass

Heated glass is a unique technical glass solution that allows you to heat a space using the glass. A transparent metal oxide coating is applied to the internal face of a glass unit. When an electrical charge is passed through the coating, it produces a radiant heat that can be used to heat any internal space.

The coating is transparent and invisible and can be applied to double or triple glazed units as well as single glazing in a laminated glass panel. Copper and silver buzz bars direct the electrical charge through the conductive coating on the internal surface of the glass providing its heating properties.

The Most Efficient Methods of Heating 

Radiant heat sources are the most efficient methods of heating available, using the same heating method as the sun. Infrared radiation heats the objects in a space, rather than the air within a room, making radiant heating, like that from heated glass, rapid and reactive.

The heated glass units have a few other useful applications. When using heated glass in a heated swimming pool environment, the warm surface of the glass stops any condensation build up on the surface, ensuring that the glass faces remain clear at all times.

In glass roofs or roof lights, the heated glass units can be used to stop snow or ice build-up on the surface of the glass. The heated glass panels are just installed with the radiant heated panel on the external side to create a warm external surface where this precipitation cannot gather.

Heated glass panels can be used in either fixed or moving parts to suit your project needs. The glass can be specified in large maximum sizes to suit even the most extravagant of designs.

The glass is controlled via a bespoke manufactured control box included with your system and programmed to suit your glazing application. This can be situated up to 50m away from your glazing and is where the user can set the surface temperature of the glass to suit the environment and program any timings needed. The recommended surface temperature of heated glass for heating is 20-22 degrees C.