122 Waterloo Street
May 2018

The 122 Waterloo Street development in the centre of Glasgow offers its occupants floor-to-ceiling glazing throughout, based on Schüco curtain-walling designed, manufactured and installed by Edinburgh-based Charles Henshaw & Sons Ltd.

The scheme has been certified BREEAM Excellent, and achieved an ‘A’ rated Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) based on a detailed assessment of the building’s energy performance.

The glazing features a Pilkington Optitherm S1 Plus low-emissivity coating as well as a solar-control coating.

Pilkington UK commercial sales manager Michael Metcalfe said: “The Pilkington Suncool 70/35 T coating selected by the design team offers high visible light transmittance, reduced solar transmittance and excellent low-emissivity all in one product.This means the floor space will be brightly lit by sunlight but won’t suffer from overheating on warmer days.”

The glass is held in place by a structurally bonded curtain wall system from Schüco. Each unit contains a large pane of clear glass and a smaller pane of opaque, coloured spandrel glass, creating horizontal lines across the façade between each floor of the building.

Michael Metcalfe continued: “The metal carrier frames are extremely low profile, so the edges of the panes of glass are very close to one another. This removes the mullions normally associated with unit-based glazing systems, creating a flush glass surface with almost uninterrupted views.”

Pilkington Optiwhite true low-iron glazing was used throughout. On the ground floor, Pilkington Optilam laminated glazing was used to provide protection against manual attack and increase the security of the building.

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