PITTSBURGH, November 15, 2018 — Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced that 181 Fremont, a new skyscraper in San Francisco featuring Solarban^® 70XL solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass, has won a USGlass Green Design Award.

The exterior façade of 181 Fremont, a unitized curtainwall system designed by Heller Manus Architects, features a distinctive sawtooth pattern that extends through the entire height of the 55-story building. Acting as a passive solar design system, the sawtooth pattern dictates that window mullions in the curtainwall angle slightly in against one another and function as shading devices as the sun passes over the building each day.

The energy performance of 181 Fremont is enhanced by Solarban^® 70XL glass, an advanced triple-silver-coated low-e glass that blocks 70 percent of the sun’s heat energy while enabling 65 percent of the ambient daylight to pass through.

Richard Green, principal of Front, Inc., and one of three judges for the USGlass Green Design awards, said that the “innovative façade geometry adds to the efficiency and enjoyment of the space and creates a distinctive aesthetic. The tuning of the building demonstrates that we do not need to be constrained to the plot orientation to optimize the façade for daylight and efficiency,” he explained.

LEED-certified at the platinum level, 181 Fremont is glazed with 240,000 square-feet of Solarban^® 70XL glass. Benson Industries was the glazing contractor. Hartung Glass, a member of the Vitro Certified^® Network, was the glass fabricator.

To learn more about Solarban^® 70XL glass, visit www.vitroglazings.com or call 1-855-VTRO-GLS (887-6457).

Solarban^® is a registered trademark owned by Vitro.
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About Vitro Architectural Glass

Vitro Architectural Glass, part of Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA), is the largest glass producer in the Western Hemisphere, manufacturing a range of industry-leading, energy-efficient, high-performance products such as Solarban^®, Sungate^® and Starphire Ultra-Clear^® glasses. Committed to continually raising the industry standard for sustainability, Vitro was the first U.S. glass manufacturer to have its complete collection of architectural glass products earn Cradle to Cradle Certified^® status and the first North American manufacturer to publish third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for flat glass and processed glass products. Additionally, as of April 2024, all Vitro architectural glass products meet the Top 20% Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) material Global Warming Potential (GWP) threshold the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) established pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and related guidance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Vitro operates seven glass production facilities across North America, four residential glass fabrication plants in Canada and one of the world’s largest glass research and development facilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit VitroGlazings.com.

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Vitro Architectural Glass
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