GLASS FOR FAÇADE 2021

20 21 GLASS FOR FAÇADE EDITION 2021 GLASS FOR FAÇADE EDITION 2021 Products COOL-LITE® XTREME 70/33 COOL-LITE® XTREME 60/28 COOL-LITE® SKN 176 The striking building received the BDA Rechter Niederrhein Architecture Prize 2020 and won the ICONIC AWARDS 2021: Best of Best in the Corporate Architecture category. Around 4,500 m 2 of highly transparent solar control glass from SAINT-GOBAIN was installed in Mercator One: COOL-LITE® XTREME 60/28, COOL-LITE® XTREME 70/33 on the 6th floor and COOL-LITE® SKN 176. While this brings a lot of natural light into the building, the high-performance coating keeps the indoor climate pleasant. In comparison to conventional glazing, the room temperature can be kept noticeably lower. The lower heating of the rooms makes it possible to run the air conditioning on a low level in summer or to turn it off completely. This reduces costs and relieves the environment. Together with the façade made of 90% recycled aluminium, a sign of sustainability is set. Because synthetic and composite materials were not used, the building materials used can be dismantled according to each type at the end of the building’s life cycle and returned to the cycle as a resource.