Southwall Technologies Inc. is
a NASDAQ-listed company which invested US$18 million in perfecting the
sputtering technology to produce V-KOOL. The solar control window film were originally
developed for the US Space and Military Program. Same technology has been
used to deposit the radar evasive surface on Stealth Bomber. The technology
is now being popularized for commercial use in order to improve the human
comfort, heat control for window glass for both building and automobile.
The trend of constructing buildings,
with large window glass areas and light weight panel
walling to allow solar heat entering the buildings, has given a boost to
the demand of air conditioning. It becomes necessary to reject harmful UV and Infra-Red radiation.
The same energy efficient
principles also apply to the design of new automobiles. To achieve greater
all-round visibility, better aesthetics and aerodynamics, glass windshields
in vehicles are designed to be larger and at more acute gradients. This
means greater heat gain into the vehicles requires larger compressors for
rapid in-car cooling.
As a result, using V-KOOL
solar control window film is the solution to architectural
and automotive businesses in terms of comfort improvement and energy
saving.
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