Dr. Naoki Sugimoto is Executive Officer, General Manager, Materials Integration Laboratories, of AGC Inc., Japan. Management experience in AGC for R&D, Marketing, New Business Development, and Corporate Venture Program since 1985. Dr. Eng., Kyoto University, Japan (2004). Fellow, Society of Glass Technology (2019).

Presentation title: Glass window: Past, present, and future

Abstract:  Glass window historically started to be used as an interface between outside and inside building, which can allow sunlight to pass through but keeps rain and wind out.  Then coated solar protection glass was developed to control the amount of solar energy penetrating into the building in order to keep the room cooler than normal glass.  Also insulating coated glass has been introduced to reflect heat from the building back into the interior, which minimizes heat loss and increases the comfort of the occupants.  This type of glass can be assembled into double, triple or even vacuum glazing.  These windows contribute to energy savings of buildings and reducing GHG emissions.  And near future, glass becomes a window for not only light but also new-generation radio waves.  Novel technology which guides 28 GHz radio signals received from outdoors to indoors using a meta-surface lens is recently demonstrated. Glass window evolves continuously with development of a sustainable society.

 

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