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The Galvanizing Leaps in Advanced Super INsulating Glass (GLASING) program will develop Insulated Glass Units (IGUs) for new and retrofit applications that have more than three times the thermal performance of the 50-year-old double-pane IGU technology in wide use at competitive cost and optical performance. This program leverages advances in materials, manufacturing, design, and reliability. Areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Rapidly manufacture Vacuum Insulated Glazings (VIGs), using unconventional edge sealing materials and processes, innovative methods to create or place spacers, and efficient establishment of the required vacuum; and
- Dramatically reduce the time required to manufacture aerogels in the required thicknesses while maintaining acceptable levels of clarity and haze.
The GLASING program seeks to overcome technology barriers to developing high performance IGUs suitable for new and retrofit markets that are cost competitive with double-pane IGUs with low-emissivity (low-e) coating and argon fill. The program encourages the formation of multidisciplinary teams with expertise in relevant areas such as materials, simulation, thermal analysis, manufacturing, industrial engineering, techno-economic analysis, reliability, chemistry, and other fields. Each team will develop 0.6 m by 0.6 m IGU prototypes with whole-window R-values exceeding R-10. Technical designs and processes developed by teams will be evaluated by industrial equipment designers to ensure commercialization viability and the ability to scale to mass manufacturing. Thermal, optical, and durability testing of the IGU prototypes will be performed by third-party certifiers.