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Glaverbel's Thermoplus Energy® Enhances The Baltic Centre

The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art with six levels of open space, restaurants, bookshops, art workshops, rehearsal rooms, film studios and auditoria is a stunning re-use of a building known to generations of Tynesiders – the Baltic Flour Mills.

The designers of this project created large panels of glass supported by slender bespoke aluminium sections and glass fins. The glass chosen was Glaverbel’s Thermoplus Energy®. This super-insulating double-glazed sealed unit combines heat insulation in winter with effective solar control in summer – giving interior comfort all year round. One sheet of the sealed unit is a low emissivity glass – coated with a thin layer of precious metal oxide – which gives Thermoplus Energy its special thermal properties. Winter insulation values can be down to a low U-value of 1.11W/m2.K)and solar radiation is reduced substantially by 42% in summer.

But it was the very high light transmission that clinched Thermoplus Energy’s® specification. At 70%, combined with a neutral/bluish tinge appearance, the glazed areas offer optimum daylight and viewing clarity.

The result is a light airy building eminently suitable for artists, exhibitors and visitors alike. Large open spaces show off to advantage the frequently imposing pieces of contemporary art with much natural light available. The viewing areas for visitors are glazed from floor to ceiling to maximise the stunning vistas along the Tyne and the acclaimed new ‘blinking eye’ bridge adjacent.

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