Vitro Architectural Glass

Vitro Refines VitroSphere® Digital Glass Simulator

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PITTSBURGH, August 20, 2025 – Vitro Architectural Glass, North America’s largest glass manufacturer and industry leader in sustainability, has updated its VitroSphere® Digital Glass Simulator to make it easier for users to visualize glass that aligns with aesthetic goals.

The new updates include Solarban® 65 glass, Spandrelite™ glass for select buildings and quicker access to product data sheets, Revit Project Files (RVT), sample orders and a snapshot of the current simulation.

Introduced in spring 2022, VitroSphere® offers users a powerful tool to view over 20 Solarban® solar control, low-e glass products’ color, transparency and reflectance across five building types: offices, convention center, hospital, multi-family and university.

The tool enables users to visualize their façade choices under various conditions, including sunny, overcast and nighttime settings, all of which can dramatically influence facade appearance. A zoom function allows for closer inspection of the glass, offering a detailed view both up close and from the perspective of being inside the building. There is also a comparison tool that allows users to apply an additional Solarban® coating to their simulation.

To give users an additional visual element of what a transformed façade may look like, Vitro added a Spandrelite™ glass feature that shows views of black, warm gray or white Spandrelite™ glass options on building types such as offices and multi-family. VitroSphere® is expected to be refined in the future to include a BirdSmart® Bird Safe Glass feature that allows users to visualize the product’s laser-etched, first-surface dot patterns.

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A picture icon allows users to quickly download an image of their current selection. This simulation shows an office building in sunny conditions, with a Solarban® 60 glass façade with warm gray Spandrelite™ glass.

VitroSphere® also quickly connects users to other Vitro glass design tools like Construct an IGU and emissions™ Calculator. These additional resources simplify product selection and spark discussions about the ideal Solarban® glass product that meets performance and aesthetic goals for any project.

In 2023, VitroSphere® earned an R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine, the most prestigious innovation awards program over the past 60 years.

To access VitroSphere® visit: thevitrosphere.com

For more information about Vitro Architectural Glass, visit vitroglazings.com or call 1-855-VTRO-GLS (887-6457).

About Vitro Architectural Glass

Vitro Architectural Glass is the largest glass producer in the Western Hemisphere, manufacturing a range of industry-leading, energy-efficient, high-performance products such as Solarban®, Sungate® and Starphire Ultra-Clear® glasses. Committed to continually raising the industry standard for sustainability, Vitro was the first U.S. glass manufacturer to have its complete collection of architectural glass products earn Cradle to Cradle Certified® status and the first North American manufacturer to publish third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for flat glass and processed glass products. Additionally, as of April 2024, all Vitro architectural glass products meet the Top 20% Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) material Global Warming Potential (GWP) threshold the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) established pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and related guidance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Vitro operates seven glass production facilities across North America, four residential glass fabrication plants in Canada and one of the world’s largest glass research and development facilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit VitroGlazings.com.

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Media Contact:
Robert J. Struble
Vitro Architectural Glass
412-820-8138
rstruble@vitro.com
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