Window and Glass Systems
for High Performance Commercial Applications

As one of the most significant elements in any building design, windows and glass are an important and dominant feature in both building appearance and occupant comfort. The challenge with selecting windows and glass systems for commercial buildings is balancing structural requirements and cost with new environmental guidelines and energy requirements.

Serious Materials has developed two high performing fenestration options designed to offer long term operation, low maintenance, exceed energy requirements and greatly reduce long term building operational cost.

SeriousGlass - Serious Materials has taken cost effective, high performance glazing to the next level with SeriousGlass Spectrally Selective Glazing (SSG) technology. SeriousGlass SSG packages provide a powerful combination of high visible light transmission, UV blocking, and infrared reflection by employing suspended film technology. SeriousGlass enables greater freedom to design with significantly more glass into all building types and climate conditions while achieving unmatched performance levels, and SeriousGlass SSG packages can be used directly in any framing system making it ideal for commercial glass replacement projects or new construction.

SeriousWindows Commercial Window Systems – Engineered to reduce energy consumption and the expense of air-conditioning, heating and artificial lighting – all while enhancing indoor comfort and building aesthetics, these high performance products are designed for residential, commercial and institutional construction, new or retrofit projects, vertical or sloped glazing. SeriousWindows commercial window systems have been designed to offer some of the highest thermal and structural performance ratings on the market that offer immediate payback for your investment.

Our glass and windows systems consistently provide substantial energy savings and rapid payback across virtually all geographies for all building types and can contribute significant LEED points making it the window of choice for super insulating commercial buildings.

Benefits of SeriousWindows Commercial Windows and Glass:

• Rapid payback periods consistently less than five years, and in many cases in as little as one to two years.
• Super-insulating commercial windows and glass play a significant role that can enable any building to achieve its energy performance targets.
• When properly considered as part of thermal efficiency design, the energy savings of super-insulating windows and glass can greatly simplify the design and load of mechanical systems and ongoing HVAC maintenance costs.
• Architects can not only accomplish a broad variety of overall performance objectives with Serious Materials’ commercial windows and glass, but can maximize the use of glass with new design freedom, particularly in a way that delivers greatly enhanced occupant comfort previously unattainable with the use of standard glazing.
• For green buildings, SeriousGlass and SeriousWindows for commercial buildings deliver the energy efficiency, performance, and human benefits critical to environmental and sustainable design – while saving energy and money.

Cost Saving Programs for Building Energy Saving Commercial Buildings

The new Building Star program mirrors the Home Star program and parallels Energy Star, by offering a variety of rebate programs to commercial real estate owners that make energy-savings improvements like installing super-insulating windows or glass.

In addition to rebate programs, the Building Star Program provides low-interest financing options to building owners who need them. The financing options can be used in conjunction with the standard rebates, tax credits and grants offered by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Visit the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) website for a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility and federal incentives and programs.

Commercial Project Directory

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With 28 years of manufacturing experience and more than 10,000 installed projects, Serious Materials provides commercial glass and windows that save more energy than any other brand. Period.