IQ Radiant Glass

06/23/2025

How Cool are Geodesic Domes?

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10/14/2022

Heating Glass is a prefect solution for High Value Interiors. Unlike art museums which are devoid of windows, high-end residential construction often has high glass to wall ratios. This is challenging in areas where there are are seasonal cold, damp and humid conditions.

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10/07/2022

Prepare yourself for winter with IQ Radiant Glass. All IQRG high performance electric heated steel and glass window walls, roof glazing and skylights prevent exterior ice, snow and interior condensation and that is only half the story. Our electric heating glass glazed steel applications eliminate the need for interior heating by zone and can be individually controlled by Smart Building Technology. Our systems utilize high performance steel or aluminum, operable or fixed framing systems for the perfect paring with our fifth generation electric heating glass configurations.

09/30/2022

Swimmer's Comfort - Condensation Control - Ice & Snow Melt - Energy Savings Using IQRG Electric Heated Glass.
Your client wants the pleasure and health benefits of year round swimming. They have trusted and selected you for your design and performance competence as an engineer, architect, designer or builder of indoor swimming pools.

We do not have to remind you of the challenges involved with indoor pools. We simply state that we have developed and practiced the use of electric heating glass for:

-Eliminating ice and snow melt on glass roof lights

-Providing perfect indoor thermal comfort despite the worst of winter challenges

-The elimination of indoor condensation on interior glass surfaces

IQRG fourth generation electric heated glass allows audacious use of glass and designs while integrating the interior and exterior of the glass to be integrated into the smart building control system, providing sublime comfort and energy savings.

IQRG systems will assist and guide you in the design phase, Our partners at Guardian Glass will recommend glazing to provide for all your year round requirements. We will provide the proven samples for you and your client.

No other provider can supply the quality and sizing capabilities of IQRG Electric Heating Glass. We work with all institutions, commercial applications, governmental agencies and high-end residential professionals.

09/21/2022

IQRG Condensation Control Solutions for Heated Buildings in Moderately Cold and Mixed Climates.
Applicable to skylights, windows, facades, indoor swimming pools, restaurants and any other glazing application where glass condensation is problematic.
Excessive indoor humidity is a well-known risk factor for buildings in cold and mixed climates. It is bad for health and bad for business. Museums, Art Galleries, Schools, Healthcare and Libraries in particular are at risk.
Maintaining an indoor climate of the air continuously humidified at 40 to 50% RH at 70°F (21°C) may seem reasonable, but that does not take into affect condensation over many weeks in cold climates. This is caused by the high DPT versus the low R-value of the glazing and in some cases, an even lower R-value of the window frames.
Dew point temperature (DPT) is the temperature at which a moist air sample at the same pressure would reach water v***r "saturation."
IQ Radiant Heating Glass controls the interior surface temperature of insulated glass units, eliminating window frame and glass condensation.

09/15/2022

New Steel Windows or Refurbishment

Whether you need help with residential or commercial properties including windows for Legacy Buildings. IQ Radiant Glass has made it a top priority to work with talented design professionals at every level of our operation.

09/13/2022

Structural Electric Heating Glass Excellence.
Structural glass is a visual delight and is the ultimate application of minimalism. Electric Heating Glass is expansive to the design process. How so?
IQRG Electric Heating Glass provides condensation control, ice and snow melt as well as sublime thermal comfort, on demand, when and where needed. Electric Heating Glass takes minimalism to the next level. There is no visual intrusion with Electric Heating Glass. There are no moving parts, no noise and the performance is amazingly efficient, The thermal efficiency of heating glass is provably unmatched.

Structural Electric Heating Glass can be used in walls, floors, bridges and roof elements.

09/08/2022

Natural Ventilation for Glass Facades

IQ Radiant Glass® glazing option for operable vents by Jansen VISS or Schüco AWS 102

HVAC heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in tall office buildings typically account for 33% or more of overall building energy consumption. Of that, more than half of the HVAC energy is due to overcoming the heat gains due to occupants, lighting and miscellaneous computers and electrical power usage. Increased energy efficiency is the path to sustainability. Hybrid HVAC systems should include natural ventilation to reduce the energy burdens of the building systems. In cold climate environments, natural ventilation could be problematic in specific areas. IQ Radiant Glass can help.

Smart buildings and building automation are key components for achieving greater energy efficiency . Specifically, the control and coordination of a building’s heating, ventilation (including natural ventilation), should be integral to the HVAC system, Thermal comfort and fresh air could compliment each other with the use of heating glass vents.

Our basic concept would energize the operable vents, however other fixed openings could also be glazed with heating glass. The reason is basic to human comfort, fresh air and the warmth of radiant heat.

Radiant Heating Glass has the unique ability to provide focused occupant thermal comfort without heating and drying out the air and offers other significant benefits:

IQ Radiant Heating Glass produces zonal heat as each piece of glass is individually controlled by the smart building control system and is energized on a demand basis

Radiant Heating Glass provides thermal comfort to the occupants and warmth to other surfaces within the discreet zone of the active radiant heating glass

Operable vents could be opened in winter to allow for natural ventilation without sacrifice to thermal comfort, relieving the burden on heat pumps and air circulators

IQ Radiant Glass mounted in KönigStahl / Jansen Steel VISS Parallel Vent Windows, as well as other similar systems can play a significant role in energy conservation and improvement of thermal comfort

Such a system could also be expanded beyond the operable vents.

Historically, heating and air-conditioning design philosophies have focused on obtaining a specific indoor temperature for a given design air temperature. If the design air temperature was achieved in a room, then the occupants were considered thermally comfortable. This approach does not differentiate convective energy from radiant energy exchange.

Therefore, the design air temperature may not accurately represent the occupant’s thermal comfort. One of the most common examples of the air temperature misrepresenting the occupant’s thermal comfort is standing out- side on a cool, calm day. With no radiant heat from the sun, the individual is chilled. All that changes with the sun shining.

Radiant heating glass provides long wave radiation that provide thermal comfort to the occupants in the room, at lower interior air temperatures.

Discomfort caused by thermal asymmetry is eliminated using radiant glass (RG) technology

Obviously every building and every location is different, but the desired result is that such a system can be designed into the HVAC system to facilitate natural ventilation, improve thermal comfort and and gain energy savings

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09/06/2022

Heating Glass Excellence. can be used in walls, floors, bridges and roof elements. IQRG Heating Glass provides condensation control, ice and snow melt as well as sublime thermal comfort, on demand, when and where needed. Heating Glass takes minimalism to the next level. There is no visual intrusion with Heating Glass. There are no moving parts, no noise and the performance is amazingly efficient, The thermal efficiency of heating glass is provably unmatched.


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09/02/2022

IQRG Structural Fifth Generation Electric Heating Glass offers Architects and Designers Expansive Design Possibilities:

The dimensions, scale and utility of structural glass are broad, practical and visually exciting. Properly designed glass floors and bridges are completely safe. Using IQRG, electric heated glass, the designer can provide visual and thermal comfort under all year weather conditions in all challenging climates.

IQRG heating glass, by its very nature, is structural glass. A recent project required a configuration of IG units with double laminated as well as a monolithic component for triple glazing and strength. The combination of the five layers of glass were 51 mm thick.

Many luxury homes, hospitality and institutional projects include water interests such as indoor pools, tropical gardens or exterior streams. IQRG heating glass solutions provide thermal comfort, condensation control, ice and snow melt as well as solar heat gain reduction in summer months.

The individual glass units can be individually controlled by the Building Management System to maximize energy efficiency.

08/30/2022

Using IQRG electric heated glass as a primary heat source in winter, assists in the goals to improve indoor air quality and reduce energy consumption, all while maximizing the thermal comfort for the occupants in the discreet space. (A primary attribute of IQRG is that it focuses on the occupants and surfaces in the individual zone range of the glass unit) Heating the air is unnecessary. A single room can have multiple heating zones based on the fenestration of the glass facade. The glass electric heated glass allows natural forces to drive air through a building: which lead, respectively, to two main natural ventilation strategies: cross ventilation and stack ventilation.

Under the guidance of Smart Building Machine Learning Systems, energy savings of over 50% are derived from the inherent efficiency of the electric heated glass, the energy savings in not moving air and the on-demand feature based on actual occupant usage.

Heat where you want it and free fresh air, reducing energy cost by 50%. Outstanding!

08/17/2022

IQ Radiant Glass Ultra High Performance Monumental Sized Pivot Doors on the Jansen Janisol Steel Platform using Electric Heated Glass outperform all expectations.
Large pivot doors in winter conditions present challenges in that they underperform traditional swing doors in air infiltration. They also create a large area of air exchange when opened in winter months, much to the discomfort of the occupants. The large glass surface offers opportunities for condensation and to compensate for the reduced thermal comfort, heating floor grates or hot air washings is. required.
IQRG Steel Pivot Doors differ in that they provide velvety smooth radiant heat from the interior surface of the glass for the thermal comfort of the occupants and interior surfaces. The pivot door is its own heating zone and projects well into the room. This allows for lower ambient interior temperatures and the health benefits of natural ventilation when the door is opened.
These custom doors can be stand alone elements or coordinated with other fixed and operable openings in the building.
The electrified units come with UL approval. The sizing capabilities are extraordinary. Our Pivot system of choice is FritsJurgens and full automation is possible. We welcome professional enquiries.
The doors on this project were stainless steel to be painted black.