Their 6 elevators, which travel at a speed of 20 feet per second, were recently upgraded to include two of Innovative Glass Corp’s LC Privacy Glass panels in their floors.
Our LC Privacy glass is programmed to remain in its “private” state while the elevators are not in motion at the top and bottom destinations of the tower.
The E Glass™ panels instantly switch to their “clear” state during the ascent and decent of the elevator ride, giving patrons the ability to see down the 1,136 ft elevator shaft while in motion.
Last Licks Ice Cream - Bathroom
Steiner Sports’ Last Licks, located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is a Sports themed Ice Cream Parlor. Their bathroom wall is covered with a Baseball themed mosaic which would be hidden if they used a regular wall to separate the restroom.
LC Privacy Glass was the perfect solution to Last Licks’ problem.
When the bathroom is vacant, the glass is clear, allowing the mural to be seen by the entire store. When occupied, the bathroom wall becomes opaque to create a private environment for use.
Kitchen Windows
The client wanted to have clean, maintenance-free window coverings in their new kitchen to give them privacy at will, and still allow the light to come in.
For added flexibility, the LC Privacy Glass can be selectively controlled within the same window, allowing the user to enjoy full view, glare control, modesty mode and full privacy on demand.
This lets you keep the bottom portion of your windows opaque to maintain privacy, while still allowing sunlight to pass into the room. Alternatively, you can have the top portion of your windows opaque to block out sun glare while preserving the view below.
Corporate Executive Conference Room
The client wanted to shield their Executive Conference Rooms from hallway traffic and distractions when being used and be able to obtain instant privacy when confidential meetings were in progress.
In this application, Innovative Glass Corp provided tempered LC Privacy Glass panels that were butt-glazed and mounted in partitions and doors designed by Faram, an Italian Partition Company.
When unpowered, the view is completely obscured, creating privacy for meetings and multi-media presentations. Although private, the diffused light from the exterior is still able to pass through to the common areas.
The laminated E Glass™ provides superb sound attenuation, and serves as a rear projection screen and whiteboard as well.
Summer Home - All Glass
The client wanted lots of glass for this
contemporary beach home, but didn't want the hassle and look of mechanical
blinds or curtains to obtain privacy and UV control.
Innovative Glass designed
an E Glass™ solution using LC Privacy Glass, glazed in the clients'
chosen Semco windows from Heritage Millworks.
The laminated &
insulated glass units were sent to the frame distributor for factory
glazing, then installed just like all the other windows in the home.
The 99% UV-reducing
windows are normally clear, but when the client wants privacy, they
simply push a wall-mounted button, and all the windows turn frosted
white.
When in the private
mode, if a guest arrives at the door, the client is able to push the
"door" button, and just the sidelights surrounding the door
turn clear for 5 seconds for viewing, then automatically turn private.
All the glass automatically
turns private at dusk should they be in the rear of the house or in
their absence at sunset.
Innovative Glass also
provided a sophisticated selective control system to simulate Venetian
blinds. By using a Decora style slide dimmer, the client could "raise
and lower" the virtual blinds, effectively removing the sunglare
and heat gain from the upper windows, and still viewing out of the lower
windows.
Lastly, the client
was given a remote control that they could give to the local law enforcement
officials for monitoring their vacant home during the winter. A patrol
car can simply pull up in front of the home, and instantly "clear"
the windows for internal inspection, without alarm codes, keys, or entering!
ABC's TV Extreme Makeover - Home
Edition - NYC Apartment
Innovative Glass was
chosen to design and build an E Glass™ solution for ABC's high
profile NYC Firefighters' apartment project. The goal was to provide
light control and sound containment in the newly constructed bedroom.
Innovative Glass built
five 3 ft x 4 ft wide laminated SPD Smartglass panels to go into the
bedroom walls. When the switch was activated, including a remote control,
the panels turned a dark blue tint, preventing 99 % of the light from
passing over to the adjacent room. The client was also able to dial
in any light transmission level in-between with a dimmer.
The laminated panels
provided the acoustical benefit.
This project was produced
from start to finish in 1 week to conform with the demanding live schedule
of the TV producers.
Steve Abadi - Chairman and Founder
of Innovative Glass Corporation
Steve Abadi shown in
front of his E Glass solution for a client's all glass summer home.
Steve Abadi, Chairman
of Innovative Glass Corp. demonstrating his company's SPD Smartglass
Skylight at a recent trade show.
The Insula-dome skylight
was glazed with an insulated, variable tint SPD Smartglass™, that
cuts the light, heat and sunglare entering the space.
The Skylight has 3
types of controls - a manual control, a remote and an intelligent SmartSensor,
that automatically darkens the glass when the sun is directly above.
When the sun is obscured by clouds, or at night, the glass automatically
reverts back to clear.
