Brighter Outlook Thanks To Hansenglass

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team May 21, 2004

High performance ThermoSpan glazing units manufactured by HansenGlass help meet the designers' environmental and aesthetic objectives.

Searching for sustainable solutions and having a clear vision of the future are two of the maxims which the North East Regional Development Agency, One NorthEast has set for itself: objectives echoed in the form of its Newcastle headquarters where high performance ThermoSpan glazing units manufactured by HansenGlass help meet the designers' environmental and aesthetic objectives.

The original concept drawings and speciation for Stella House on the banks of the Tyne were undertaken by the Red Box architectural practice, before Newcastle based Waring and Netts took over, under a design and build contract.

The Project Architect for Waring and Netts, Mr Peter Lea, comments: "We have been very happy with the appearance as well as the performance of the glazed screens HansenGlass has created for the building." The ThermoSpan double glazed units supplied by HansenGlass for constructing the property's front and rear entrance screens feature both hard and soft coated glass.

Their construction places a sheet of 12mm thick glass in the conventional inner pane role, but then the outer leaf features a soft coated low emissivity coating in position two; applied to 6mm blue tinted glass.

Separated by a 16mm air gap, this brings the U-value down close to 1.0 W/m2K.

HansenGlass' contract at Stella House also included the supply of its Tempo toughened glass entrance doors.

Complete with stainless steel handles and other fittings, the stylish doorsets complement the screens and complete the visual form of the building's foyer for staff and visitors.