The European Parliament, which is located in the Wiertzstraat in Brussels, has enormous window panes that ensure pleasant incoming light. However, large window panes also mean room temperatures reaching high levels at times. After having launched a European invitation to tender for installing glass foils, the European Parliament ended up choosing Luxafoil NV/SA in Sint-Niklaas. Luxafoil NV/SA is the European market leader in high-tech spectrally selective glass foils that fit in with an overall concept of energy saving and CO2 emission reduction, in combination with the provision of the comfort of advice, installation and a long term guarantee on the result.
Luxafoil NV/SA showed to be the only producer/supplier that could comply with all conditions put forward.

The European Parliament is a gigantic transnational institution that accommodates over 700 members of parliament and almost 6000 staff members.
Inevitably, the consumption of energy in the Parliament is quite high. Technical innovations and green solutions help to drastically reduce energy consumption.
The European Parliament is attempting to put into practice what it is propagating by consuming less energy and by emitting less CO2.

The Luxasolar® ® glass foil blocks up to 93% of the infrared heat rays, as a result of which room temperatures can be decreased by up to 10°C. It is a widely known phenomenon that buildings with huge glass panes have to be air-conditioned 9 months per year.
Luxasolar® glass foils are composed of 5 corrosion free layers of precious metal alloys and a protective coating. Each of those layers reflects a specific frequence in the sun light, without the quality of the light being affected.
As the air conditioning system has to operate considerably less, this results in huge savings in energy costs.

In winter time the foil reflects the interior heat that usually goes lost through large glass panes, back into the room. Thermal insulation is considerably improved.
This allows temperatures to increase by 2 to 4°C. This is why the foil is often installed on the northern side of a building.
The foil is affixed to the inner side of the window, but the is totally preserved.


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