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See below how Glass facade & windows by Saint-Gobain can contribute to BREEAM criteria: Indoor air quality.
Aim
To recognize and encourage a healthy internal environment through the specification and installation of appropriate ventilation, equipment and finishes.
Requirement summary
Minimizing sources of air pollution through careful design, specification and planning. (Avoidance of asbestos is a prerequisite). In additional, building ventilation strategy is designed to be flexible and adaptable to potential future building occupant needs and climatic scenarios.
Learn more about Indoor Air Quality
Our contribution
According to the BREEAM technical manual, glass itself is considered as a non-volatile organic compound (VOC) emitting product, which implies that no testing report is required unless organic-based coatings, binders or sealants are used in their production or finishes. For coated glass used in facades and windows, the coating is not in contact with the indoor air as the coating is placed on the interior face of the glazing. Glass is therefore ideal for use in green building.
In addition, glass used as windows or openable facades contributes to the potential for meeting the natural ventilation criterion. Indeed, depending on occupant needs and climatic scenarios, openable windows can help to provide fresh air entirely via natural ventilation.
