Safety glass panel ORAÉ®

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Product Description
With ORAÉ®, Saint-Gobain Glass has achieved a landmark technical breakthrough enabling it to offer the first glass with a low embodied carbon thanks to a substantial R&D effort and the excellence of its industrial teams. This innovation helps to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of construction and to accelerate the development of the circular economy.

Benefits & Applications
Combined with best-in-class coatings, ORAÉ® provides the best of both embodied and operational carbon levels, thanks to:

• The low carbon footprint of the ORAÉ® substrate (6.64 kg CO2 eq./m2 for a 4 mm glass) produced by combining high recycled glass content (64% according to ISO 14021:1999) and renewable electricity.
• The excellent energy performances of the COOL-LITE®, ECLAZ® LUMI and PLANITHERM® coating families.

ORAÉ® can be used for new buildings or renovation, residential or non-residential. ORAÉ® can replace standard clear glass of the same thickness, for example:

• Building envelope: insulating glazing for windows, façade elements or glass roofs.
• Other external or internal applications: balustrades, doors, partitions (upon request).

ORAÉ® is Cradle to Cradle Certified® V4.0 (Bronze) and received a Platinum rating for Product circularity. ORAÉ® has also been certified with the "Solar Impulse Efficient Solution" Label.

Appearance
ORAÉ® offers exactly the same aesthetics as the regular clear float glass PLANICLEAR®.

Technical Information
RANGE
ORAÉ® is available as:

• Monolithic clear float glass (3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mm).
• Assembled in STADIP® or STADIP SILENCE® for safety or reinforced acoustic insulation.
• Combined with the highly selective solar control product families COOL-LITE® XTREME and COOL-LITE® SKN.
• Combined with COOL-LITE® ST for spandrels or double-skin façades.
• Combined with summer comfort coatings of the product family PLANISTAR®.
• Combined with Low-e coatings of the product families ECLAZ® LUMI and PLANITHERM®.

Coated ORAÉ® products are available in standard sizes and thicknesses (3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 mm). ORAÉ® is produced in 7 plants (Spain, France, Germany (2), UK, Italy and India). For double or triple glazing units, using ORAÉ® on all panes is recommended to minimize the carbon footprint.

Performance
ORAÉ® provides the same performances and quality as PLANICLEAR®, with a lower carbon footprint. Key verified EPD figures include:

• ORAÉ® substrate: carbon footprint of 6.64 kg CO2 eq./m2 (for a 4 mm substrate) — approx. 42% reduction vs. standard PLANICLEAR® (EPD published April 2023).
• Magnetron COOL-LITE® coatings on ORAÉ®: carbon footprint of 10.26 kg CO2 eq./m2 (for a 6 mm substrate) — approx. 43% reduction vs. magnetron coating on PLANICLEAR® (EPD published November 2023).
• Coated ORAÉ®: carbon footprint of 10.71 kg CO2 eq./m2 (for a 6 mm substrate) — approx. 43% reduction vs. coated PLANICLEAR®.

When coated, processed and assembled in insulated glazing units (IGU), the carbon footprint reduction is typically around 30% to 40%, depending on the exact IGU composition.

Reference Projects
Early demonstration projects using low-carbon COOL-LITE® XTREME on ORAÉ® include:

• HABITAT 7 — Gothenburg, Sweden
• KALIFORNIA — Malakoff, France
• POLYCLINIQUE DU PARC — Caen, France
• CARRÉ INVALIDES — Paris, France

Technical Documentation & Certification (selection)
Available environmental and technical documentation includes EPDs for ORAÉ® (3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mm) and EPDs for magnetron coated ORAÉ® variants. Product datasheets and coated-glass datasheets are provided for COOL-LITE® XTREME ORAÉ® and COOL-LITE® SKN ORAÉ®.

Technical characteristics / specifications

• Commercial name: ORAÉ®
• Brand: Saint-Gobain Glass
• Substrate types and thicknesses: monolithic float glass in 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 mm; coated versions available in standard sizes and thicknesses.
• Typical recycled glass content: 64% (ISO 14021:1999).
• Verified substrate carbon footprint: 6.64 kg CO2 eq./m2 (4 mm).
• Coated ORAÉ® carbon footprint (6 mm, coated): 10.71 kg CO2 eq./m2; magnetron coated ORAÉ® (6 mm): 10.26 kg CO2 eq./m2.
• Compatible coating families: COOL-LITE® XTREME, COOL-LITE® SKN, COOL-LITE® ST, PLANISTAR®, ECLAZ® LUMI, PLANITHERM®.
• Available assembled options: STADIP® and STADIP SILENCE® (safety/acoustic).
• Certifications: Cradle to Cradle Certified® V4.0 (Bronze) with Platinum rating for Product circularity; Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label.
• Production sites: 7 plants (Spain, France, Germany x2, UK, Italy, India).