| What is it? | | | | ensuring that it is left without streaks. As if by magic, |
| Imagine not having to put in much effort to keep your | | | | your glass is left shiny and clear with very little effort |
| windows, skylights and glass doors clean? Many | | | | on your part. |
| business and homeowners feel that despite its | | | | What are the benefits? |
| attractiveness, buildings where glass is a central | | | | Although there are an abundance of highly effective |
| feature is just too high maintenance. Pilkington, through | | | | glass cleaning products on the market, they all still |
| the development of new technology has developed a | | | | require manual labour. Considerably less maintenace is |
| glass product that utilises natural elements to clean | | | | one of the key benefits of fitting your home or |
| itself, ensuring that the cost and hassle associated with | | | | business with self-cleaning glass. Window cleaning, |
| glass is no longer such a huge concern. | | | | aside from being a hassle can also be something of a |
| How does it work? | | | | dangerous undertaking. For many hovering atop a |
| Pilkington ActivTM works on a two phase cleaning | | | | perilous ladder and stretching to reach impossibly |
| system. The first stage is ‘photocatalytic’, | | | | distant smudges, is a recipe for disaster. Pilkington |
| meaning that it is activated by the sun. UV rays | | | | Self-Cleaning Glass is also an ultimately economical |
| stimulate the coating on the glass, causing a chemical | | | | choice because it saves time, energy and money that |
| reaction that breaks down organic dirt. The second | | | | would have been spent on maintaining your glass. |
| phase is ‘hydrophilic’, meaning that it requires | | | | Pilkington has a broad range of products offering |
| water. Rainwater forms a sheet that flows down the | | | | various benefits, such as thermal, noise control, |
| glass, removing the loosened dirt as it goes. Finally the | | | | decorative and solar controlled glass, thus helping |
| glass has been specially formulated to be quick drying, | | | | create the optimal environment for work or play. |