Low-Carbon Pyrobel
In order to meet growing market demand and to reduce the environmental impact of its production processes in line with its roadmap to Carbon Neutrality, AGC Glass Europe launched its Low-Carbon Glass range in 2022. Today, we are proud to announce the new Low-Carbon Pyrobel Glass featuring a significantly reduced carbon footprint.
Advantages
Innovative
Embrace the future of glass by adopting the new normal: Low-Carbon Pyrobel Glass.
Reduced carbon footprint
Low-Carbon Pyrobel Glass is the latest innovation in our glass range, boasting a significantly reduced carbon footprint.
Quality
The Low-Carbon Pyrobel glass delivers the same aesthetics, quality and technical performance as traditional Pyrobel glass products
Did you know?
AGC has a large portfolio of products featuring third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). Pyrobel has been EPD certified since 2018 showing best in its class results: Pyrobel 16 features 60,5 kg CO2 eq,/m² - Pyrobel 25 features 98,1 kg CO2 eq./m².
The Low-Carbon Pyrobel Glass combines the performance of AGC’s Low-Carbon Glass (official EPD received in May 2024), the use of green electricity and the optimization of the manufacturing process to achieve a 45-50% reduction of embodied carbon footprint compared to the standard Pyrobel.
Currently products available: Pyrobelite 10, Pyrobel 16, Pyrobel 25.
Other compositions will be available at a later stage.
Properties
- Same aesthetics, quality and technical performance as traditional Pyrobel glass products.
- Tested and approved for wooden, steel and aluminium framing systems.
- Safety glass compliant with EN 12600 classifying impact resistance and mode of breakage (3B3, 2B2 or 1B1 according to product type).
- Bi-directional fire resistance.
- Can be laminated with burglar- and bullet-resistant AGC glazings.
- Official EPD for the Low-Carbon Pyrobel Glass will be available in the coming monthsafter third-party verification
