Tvitec provides digital printing solutions for bird-friendly glass applications with a wide variety of patterns ready-to-go for different uses, such as spandrels, laminated glass, curved glass and Insulated glass units.
TVITEC recently has supplied the glass to the stunning project “Bay View Google Campus”. Tvitec manufactured more than 20.000 metres of glass for this building envelope. Primarily highly sustainable double glazing where bird-friendly glass is playing a relevant role in the construction’s requirements of the building.
Pattern designs digitally printed in Google's new headquarters facade, have been conceived based on the compliance with two primary objectives. First, reflecting Google's corporate image with printed patterns on glass which can be easily associated to the Californian corporation. And simultaneously fulfilling with bird-friendly glass regulations required for this astronomic project where the decorated glass is the absolute protagonist.
By virtue of the extremely high durability and chemical resistance of Tecglass “Jetver Inks” range - suitable for the most demanded applications like Surface 1 and direct application onto low-e glass - Tecglass ceramic inks and patters are an ideal solution for bird-friendly glass application, significantly reducing reflection and glare, providing a visual barrier for the birds to detect the panel and avoid las unfortunate collisions.
Moreover, with inherent digital printing advantages, a more complex design patterns are available by manufacturers when creating and proposing their own design projects for de bird-friendly glass applications, while adhering to the standardized guidelines of the “2x4 rule” which has been proven to significantly reduce the number of bird collisions.