Tint Performance

Tinted colorants can be added to glass to give it color and help reduce the amount of direct sunlight and glare that enters a building. Standard colors include green, gray, bronze, and blue-green.

Tint Performance Values

Clear	Transmittance		Reflectance			ASHRAE U-Value		Shading Coefficient	Solar Heat Gain Coefficient	Relative Heat Gain
	Visible	Solar	Vis-In	Vis-out	Solar	Summer	Winter
Clear Insulated Laminated w/ PPG Solarban 60	69%	32%	12%	12%	28%	0.29	0.29	0.44	0.37	92.06
Clear Insulated Laminated w/ Pyrolytic Low-e	69%	46%	15%	18%	13%	0.38	0.34	0.76	0.65	158
Clear Insulated Laminated	77%	53%	14%	14%	11%	0.56	0.47	0.78	0.67	163
Clear Laminated	87%	68%	7%	7%	6%	1.00	0.98	0.86	0.74	187

Green Tint	Transmittance		Reflectance			ASHRAE U-Value		Shading Coefficient	Solar Heat Gain Coefficient	Relative Heat Gain
	Visible	Solar	Vis-In	Vis-out	Solar	Summer	Winter
Tinted Insulated Laminated w/ PPG Solarban 60^TM	60%	24%	11%	10%	8%	0.29	0.30	0.41	0.36	86.06
Tinted Insulated Laminated w/ Energy Advantage^TM	60%	28%	14%	14%	7%	0.39	0.34	0.50	0.43	105
Tinted Insulated Laminated	67%	32%	12%	11%	7%	0.57	0.47	0.53	0.46	114
Tinted Laminated	73%	38%	7%	7%	5%	1.04	1.04	0.64	0.55	143

Gray Tint	Transmittance		Reflectance			ASHRAE U-Value		Shading Coefficient	Solar Heat Gain Coefficient	Relative Heat Gain
	Visible	Solar	Vis-In	Vis-out	Solar	Summer	Winter
Tinted Insulated Laminated w/ PPG Solarban 60^TM	35%	17%	7%	6%	7%	0.29	0.31	0.32	0.28	68.06
Tinted Insulated Laminated w/ Energy Advantage^TM	34%	25%	13%	8%	7%	0.39	0.34	0.46	0.40	98
Tinted Insulated Laminated	39%	29%	11%	7%	6%	0.57	0.47	0.50	0.43	107
Tinted Laminated	44%	40%	5%	5%	5%	1.03	1.02	0.63	0.54	141

Blue-Green Tint	Transmittance		Reflectance			ASHRAE U-Value		Shading Coefficient	Solar Heat Gain Coefficient	Relative Heat Gain
	Visible	Solar	Vis-In	Vis-out	Solar	Summer	Winter
Tinted Insulated Laminated w/ PPG Solarban 60^TM	52%	20%	9%	7%	9%	0.31	0.29	0.35	0.3	92
Tinted Insulated Laminated w/ Energy Advantage^TM	58%	29%	14%	14%	8%	0.39	0.34	0.52	0.45	110
Tinted Insulated Laminated	66%	33%	13%	11%	7%	0.56	0.47	0.55	0.47	118
Tinted Laminated	73%	43%	6%	6%	5%	1.03	1.02	0.66	0.57	146

Bronze Tint	Transmittance		Reflectance			ASHRAE U-Value		Shading Coefficient	Solar Heat Gain Coefficient	Relative Heat Gain
	Visible	Solar	Vis-In	Vis-out	Solar	Summer	Winter
Tinted Insulated Laminated w/ PPG Solarban 60^TM	41%	20%	8%	8%	8%	0.29	0.30	0.36	0.31	76.06
Tinted Insulated Laminated w/ Energy Advantage^TM	42%	30%	13%	9%	8%	0.39	0.34	0.53	0.46	112
Tinted Insulated Laminated	48%	34%	11%	8%	7%	0.56	0.47	0.56	0.48	120
Tinted Laminated	52%	42%	6%	6%	5%	1.03	1.02	0.65	0.56