Bird Friendly Glass - Dots Design Glass
Bird Friendly Glass Lines Design Glass
Bird Friendly Spider-web Coating Glass
Bird Friendly coatings have been developed to ensure bird safety glass façades, while keeping the protective coating practically invisible to the human eye.
The inspiration for this textured coating came from nature – the delicate, spider-web-like appearance is barely noticeable, yet very effective.
The filigree, spider web-like appearance Bird Friendly Spider-web Glass is barely perceptible to the human eye. It has been tested and certified by the American Bird Conservancy in Pennsylvania/USA.
You can use Bird Friendly Glass in all windows and façades, just like any conventional insulating or laminated safety glass. You can also combine it with other functions like solar or thermal control in the insulating glass without any problems. Especially in the USA, where bird-friendly façade design has been made into law in a growing number of states for quite some time now.
Certification
Bird Friendly Glass has been tested as a laminated safety glass and insulating glass in combination with different thermal insulation and solar control layers in various flight tunnel testing systems. In the tests, a significant proportion of the birds avoided all of the above glass types. Apart from this, most Bird Friendly Glass types also meet the criteria for bird-friendly glazing of the American Bird Conservancy (assigned to the “Effective” category).
How the tests are carried out
1) Standard Test Method for Rating Bird Collision Threat Levels of Glazing Materials
2) American Bird Conservancy Doubles Capacity to Test Bird-Friendly Glass
We have several suppliers of bird friendly glass, all with certified test results. Glass samples are available at our main showroom in Norwalk CT.
Glass with bird-safe and solar control coatings allows architects to design without worrying about the appearance or performance of the building envelope. There are several ways to make glass more visible to birds, and the final decision is usually based on the project’s aesthetic, cost, and bird safety criteria.