CET can offer both soft and hard coat products to suit your individual requirements.

High performance Low E (low emissivity) glass is designed to reduce heat-loss and should be used to achieve an energy rating window (WER) or to reduce the whole window u value.

Soft Coat

Also known as Magnetron coating. Very thin almost invisible multiple layers of metal oxide applied online.

Advantages

• High levels of light transmission
• Very low U-values possible
• Superior clarity/neutrality

Hard coat

Also known as Pyrolitic 'hard' coating. Thin coating applied to the glass as it is being manufactured.

Advantages

• Good light transmission
• Low U-values
• Good visual clarity

Using Low e glass is compulsory for meeting new Building Regulations, effective from October 2010’.