Best Fabrics for Solar Heat Gain Control

The table below shows a selection of fabrics that are most effective in harnessing solar heat gain.


The g-value or solar factor measures the percentage of incident solar energy that will enter the space.

 

Product nameFrontBackg-value C-glazing

g-value D-glazing

Screen Satiné Low-eSatiné Low-eSatiné Low-e0.280.13
Screen Nature Ultimetal Inoxscreen nature ultimetal frontSNU inox back0.290.14
Screen Nature Ultimetal Titaniumscreen nature ultimetal frontSNU titanium back0.290.14
Screen Nature Ultimetal Carbonscreen nature ultimetal frontSNU carbon back0.290.14
Screen Nature Ultimetal Ironscreen nature ultimetal frontSNU iron back0.290.14
Screen Nature Ultimetal Platinumscreen nature ultimetal frontSNU platinum back0.290.14
Screen Nature Ultimetal Bronzescreen nature ultimetal frontSNU bronze back0.290.14
Screen Nature Ultimetal Black Diamond screen nature ultimetal frontSNU black-diamond back0.300.15
Panama Chrome Black-Pearl
Panama Chrome outsidePanama Chrome black-pearl inside0.270.13
Panama Chrome White-WhitePanama Chrome outsidePanama Chrome white-white inside0.270.13
Panama Chrome White-LinenPanama Chrome outsidePanama Chrome white-linen inside0.270.13
Panama Chrome Black-BlackPanama Chrome outsidePanama Chrome black-black inside0.270.13
Panama Chrome White-PearlPanama Chrome outsidePanama Chrome white-pearl inside0.280.13

 

 

C-glazing is low-e double glazing having a g-value of 0.59 and a U-value of 1.2 W/m2K.

 

D-glazing is solar control glazing having a g-value of 0.32 and a U-value of 1.1 W/m2K.