Advantages of U-shaped glass
U-shaped glass is made of non-natural materials such as glass waste and quartz sand. It has many economic and social aspects such as saving land, saving energy, saving materials, managing waste, saving money, saving costs, environmental protection, public health protection, blockade, safety, and financial assistance etc.
1. Energy saving: The energy consumption of producing one square meter of clay chalice is 56.6 kg, while the energy consumption of U-shaped glass is 14 kg, saving 75% of energy; at the same time, the use of U-shaped glass can further reduce lighting, saving some lighting and costs.
2. Product saving: The average weight of one square meter of clay bricks or wall materials is 415.5 kg, while U-shaped glass is only 19 kg. When U-shaped glass is used more, it can reduce the weight of 905 walls and save a lot of basic materials.
3. Energy saving: The construction of U-shaped glass is usually 10 times higher than that of brick walls. Workers install more than 15 square meters a day, which can speed up the construction process.
4. Environmental protection: Using a lot of waste glass to make a set of U-shaped glass can reduce environmental pollution. At the same time, it does not reflect light, so it will not cause light pollution.
5. Protect human health: U-shaped glass is a "green material". When used on interior and exterior walls, beautiful and excellent lighting can be achieved without decoration, reducing the harm of paint and coating to the environment and human body.
U-shaped glass has a U-shaped cross-section. Compared with ordinary flat glass, it not only maintains the ideal light-transmitting properties but also has higher strength.
In addition to the fixed metal profiles at both ends, the U-shaped glass wall system mainly relies on the two sides of the glass as a component to resist horizontal loads, just like the glass ribs of the full glass curtain wall. Therefore, compared with ordinary glass curtain walls, the U-shaped glass wall system can save a lot of metal profiles and is easier to construct. Compared with other traditional wall materials, U-shaped glass has the advantages of light weight, good weather resistance and durability (used for more than 100 years), convenient construction, light transmission but not see-through, no need for secondary decoration, and no radioactive substances. However, the characteristics of glass materials determine that it is not like ordinary walls that can be nailed or punched. When used on walls, special attention should be paid to the location of switches, sockets, and other wall attachments.
In construction, U-shaped glass is often used for non-load-bearing exterior walls, interior walls, partitions, and even lighting, ceilings, and canopies. Due to the light-transmitting and non-transparent properties of non-glossy U-shaped glass, when used on walls, it can produce a soft light diffusion effect while maintaining indoor privacy, making the indoor illumination more uniform and avoiding the discomfort caused by direct sunlight; at night, the indoor lights make the building a soft luminous body. The special cross-section and proportion of U-shaped glass form a special striped texture on the facade, and different surface treatments and colors form different fuzzy light-transmitting effects.
