Pilkington Mirai verified as lowest embodied carbon glass

Pilkington Mirai has lowest embodied carbon glass

Mirai™ glass by Pilkington United Kingdom has been independently verified as having 52% less embodied carbon. The glass offers the lowest carbon alternative to regular float glass on the market, with no difference in performance, quality, or aesthetic appearance. The new Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) provides data about the global warming potential (GWP) of products by assessing the carbon emitted at each stage of a product’s lifecycle. Manufacturing and transport, emissions generated while the product is in use, and the disposal of the glass at the end of its lifespan are all evaluated.

Pilkington UK will showcase Mirai to architects and specifiers at Futurebuild 24 at London’s ExCeL on 5–7 March 2024. The team will be on hand to provide technical guidance to attendees interested in low carbon glass. The Futurebuild conference presents some of the very best in built environment innovation solutions that the UK has to offer.

Kristian Chalmers, Global Strategic Commercial Manager in Architectural Glass SBU, said: “In our latest industry polling, four in five architects told us that their clients are more concerned about embodied carbon than they were five years ago. EPDs provide the crucial transparency they need to make informed decisions on what materials will help to enhance the sustainability of their projects.

“With EPDs for Pilkington Mirai and many more of our glazing products, we are offering architects and specifiers architectural glass that helps them meet their carbon objectives.”

The EPD for Mirai joins 21 additional EPDs already available for Pilkington UK product ranges, including float, coated, laminated and toughened glass varieties as well as Insulating Glass Unit combinations.