K glass
K glass is a brand of low-e glass and a registered trademark. One of the first low-e glasses to be commercially available it has been manufactured by Pilkington glass for over 30 years.
As it is a well established product and well known 'K glass' is sometimes used synonymously with low-e glass as a generic term, it is however a specific product. The manufacturers state: '...it is the original hard coated, pyrolytic low-emissivity coated thermal glass'. It normally sits on the inside face of a Insulated Glass Unit (IGU) and willl help the unit achive a better Window Energy Rating (WER).
For more information visit the page Low-e glass.
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