Manufacturers and Fabricators

The Market for Smart Solutions

The market for smart windows is poised to explode.  The transition to advanced building materials and sustainable design presents an enormous opportunity for manufacturers of smart windows. 

• The global market for high- quality, enhanced glass products is over $60 billion with architectural glass making up 70% of this market. 
• One of the fastest growing segments of this market will be smart windows 
• The market for smart windows will grow even further as governments update building codes to demand better energy efficiency and architects look for new ways to design human-friendly, energy efficient spaces. 
• The automotive sector accounts for 25% of the $60 billion enhanced glass market. In automotive glass the trend towards products that improve fuel efficiency and occupant comfort means the market for dynamic smart windows will continue to increase each year.
• A new law in California will require that 2012 car models be equipped with solar control windows. 
• By 2016 new cars must meet the performance requirement of a 60% reduction in vehicle solar heat gain.
• The new standard in the automotive sector will become vehicles equipped with solar control smart windows.
• SWITCH Materials' film darkens automatically in response to sunlight, provides user controlled fading, and reduces solar heat gain coefficients in the dark state better than the best low-E windows.
• SWITCH smart windows require very little electricity to switch so customers save more energy.
• SWITCH technology will come in a film that is economic to integrate into manufactured glass.