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LoElite™ Glass| Tempered Glass| Bathroom and Privacy Glass | Solar Tuning with Glass 
Glass
Accent Windows has employed the latest technology to develop and offer the best-performing glass systems on the market, including LoElite™ glass and Tempered glass. Also, learn about how Accent can Solar Tune your home with glass.
Here at Accent Windows we know the importance of customizing each opening in your home, which is why we offer many options for energy-efficient glass. As glass comprises 90% of the opening area, the type of glass system you choose can have a significant impact on the level of energy savings. Regardless of which glass system you choose, you can be assured of receiving a quality, energy-efficient glass system that has been specialized to meet the needs of your home. For assistance, schedule an appointment with a certified and trained Accent specialist who can recommend a glass option best suited for your home.
Accent Windows has the answers to homeowners most-asked questions about glass.
Q: How important is choosing the right glass for our windows?
A: Choosing the right replacement windows for your home will lower your energy bill, make your home more comfortable and reduce outside noise. Choosing the right glass for your windows is the most important factor in your decision. The right glass can help you to cut down the significant amount of energy that is wasted due to air escaping outside. Accent glass systems are designed to provide you with year-round savings and comfort by optimizing the sun's heat and maximizing the efficiency of your home's heating and cooling systems.
Q: How are Accent's glass systems different from other company's glass?
A: Many companies provide glass with reflective coatings and low emissivity ratings. What sets Accent apart is that our glass units and window frames are designed and engineered to furnish our customers with a complete window system. This allows us to offer complete window systems with some of the best performance ratings in the industry. Each component used to produce Accent Windows’ LoElite low-emissivity glass products are chosen because of their superior quality. In addition, Accent offers the exclusive Heat Mirror glass system, which provides even greater benefits to you.
Q: What is the Heat Mirror glass system and how does it benefit me?
A: Accent Windows’ Heat Mirror glass system takes low- emissivity glass one step further. The system is created using a unique patented process in which clear, colorless, coated film is permanently suspended between two panes of glass. This suspended film divides the air space into two smaller compartments, which in turn provide additional performance and thermal protection. This provides maximum protection from the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays, superior solar heat gain performance and the highest glass R-values available. Combined with Argon or Krypton gas, Heat Mirror glass units provide comfort, protection and energy savings.
Q: What are some other benefits of Accent Windows glass systems?
A: By cutting down on the sun's damaging ultraviolet rays, Accent Windows glass systems prevent fading and discoloration of your home’s interior, including carpets, drapes, wall coverings, and stained or painted wood surfaces. You'll get a quick return on your investment because you won't need to replace your carpet, drapes or wallpaper as often as before.
Q: What other upgrades are available from Accent Windows for my home?
A: Gas fillings are a cost-effective way to improve a window's performance. Krypton gas is heavier than air, thereby resulting in improvements in thermal performance and sound control. Argon gas is also a less-expensive option, but provides slightly lower performance. Both gas fills are offered on select Accent Windows products.
Q: How do I know which Accent Windows glass system is best for my home?
A: Each Accent Windows consultant is specially trained and certified to both educate you on your options and recommend the best products for you. Accent Windows custom designs each window and glass system based on your needs and requirements.
LoElite™ Glass
Accent Windows’ LoElite™ Glass is ideal for any home. LoElite™ glass products from Accent Windows give you year-round energy savings and comfort by helping manage the heating and cooling systems in your home.
Accent Windows LoElite™ insulated glass units are double or triple-coated with microscopically-thin, optically transparent layers of silver oxide, and then filled with argon gas, which increases the air density giving you maximum insulation. LoElite™ combined with argon gas gives you the warmest indoor center glass temperatures under winter nighttime conditions, and the coolest indoor center glass temperatures under summer daytime conditions.
LoElite™ glass can block up to 95% of UV rays and Infra-Red while still allowing for solar heat gain. Accent’s LoElite™ glass will improve your home’s energy efficiency, reduce exterior noise, help prevent condensation, and protect your carpet, drapes, furniture and hard wood from fading.
Tempered Glass
Tempered glass is a heat-strengthened safety glass that shatters into small, blunt glass fragments rather than sharp, more dangerous pieces. Tempered glass is required by federal law to be used in potentially hazardous locations including entry doors, patio doors, sidelights, shower stalls, windows less than 18 inches from the floor, and windows within three feet of a door.
Bathroom and Privacy Glass
Create an elegant look with Accent’s privacy and bathroom glass. This glass can be used for all applications, including windows, doors, sidelights, transoms and shapes.
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Solar Tuning with Glass
Solar Tuning has become popular with many of our customers in recent years. Solar Tuning allows for different glass options to be placed in your windows and patio doors depending on the exposure the opening may have in relation to the sun. For instance, by choosing a glass option that allows for solar heat gain in the winter time (east or south) while at the same time offering a high r-value (retaining heat inside your house), you can benefit from the heat gained through exposure to the sun in the winter and save on energy usage. This option is also a comfort consideration if you have a breakfast table or nook area that faces east. For the summer, you can choose glass options that do just the opposite - no solar heat gain (usually west) - so that your home stays cooler and you save money on air conditioning usage. In addition, for those concerned about Ultra Violet light damage, our glass options can block up to 99.5% of harmful UV rays. Accent windows offers many glass options to accommodate Solar Tuning for your windows and patio doors. Ask an Accent certified specialist about Solar Tuning your home!