ISOLAR ORNILUX®

A WINNING COMBINATION –GLASS ARCHITECTURE AND BIRD PROTECTION

ISOLAR ORNILUX® – THE CLEAR SOLUTION TO BIRD COLLISIONS WITH GLASS

Everyday – nearly 250.000 birds are killed

in Europe by collisions with glass windows,

glass doors or glass building facades. This is

because birds do not recognize transparent

glass surfaces as dangerous barriers. Birds

are also endangered by misleading reflections

of trees or bushes in glass. The result: deadly

collisions.

Arnold Glas has developed a smart solution to

bird collisions by using the latest scientific

research: ISOLAR ORNILUX® Bird Protection

Glass.

ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado –

The Transparent Favorite of

Bird­Friendly Architecture

Scientific studies have shown that many bird

species have extra cone cells in the retina of

their eyes, which give birds a high sensitivity

to UV-light. And in nature, birds use their en-

hanced “UV-vision” routinely – for example,

to see spider webs which are spun using

UV-reflective fibers. At Arnold Glas, experts

are using this “spider web effect” to manu-

facture Bird Protection Glass with a unique

UV-reflecting coating for use in windows and

building facades.

ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado glass has a trans-

parent, patterned, UV-reflective coating, making

i t v isible to birds, whi le remaining virtual ly

transparent to the human eye.

Innovative bird-friendly architecture in a modernized office building in Wandsbek, Germany (ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado scandic)

A bang – a shock – some feathers stuck to

the window – then it is over: Another bird was

killed by collision with glass. But somehow, a

bad feeling remains with the homeowners, who

have unfortunately seen this happen before. The

truth is, bird strikes occur often with houses or

apartments that use a lot of glass. And although

open views of natural settings are attractive for

us – the reflections from conventional glass

windows are deadly for birds. Luckily however,

modern glass architecture and bird protection

can now be successfully combined. Here is a

practical example of how Bird Protection Glass

was used in Germany for the modernization of a

single family home.

The house itself was built in the 1970’s near

Koblenz, Germany, in a small suburban com-

munity of 2.200 on the edge of a local forest

in the Hunsrück region. The surroundings are

beautiful: open sky, passing clouds, rolling

fields and green shrubbery everywhere. Nat-

urally, all of this is also reflected by wind ows.

But for birds those reflections often proved to

be fatal illusions, because homeowners regu-

larly found dead birds next to their windows.

ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado insulating glass at natural light conditions.

About four years ago a local couple decided to

give their house a major facelift. They wanted

the house to be more modern, brighter, and

friendlier. They also planned to significantly

increase the size of the house’s windows – to

create an open, spacious appearance. Nor-

mally, you might think that such a house with

its ivy covered walls would be dangerous to

birds – but the actual number of bird-strikes

was dramatically reduced, with the help of

new Bird Protection Glass from Arnold Glas.

This is because this glass has a special surface

coating – to make the glass visible to birds, but

practically invisible to the human eye.

Today, bird strikes only occur on the con-

ventional windows of the house. And on the

larger, roughly 26 m², ISOLAR ORNILUX®

mikado windows with UV-reflective coating

there are practically none. The homeowners

had learned about ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado

at a scientific conference and now they are

very happy that they chose Bird Protection

Glass: “For us, it was a total success.”

Close-up view of ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado’s patterned coating.

Modernization of a single family home in Germany using ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado. This example shows that modern glass architecture can successfully be combined with bird protection – even in rural or suburban communities.

ISOLAR ORNILUX® MIKADO IN PRACTICE: SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH BIRD PROTECTION GLASS

ISOLAR ORNILUX® glass can be easily in-

stalled – without special tools or technical re-

strictions – just like other types of insulating

or laminated glass. Plus, it is ideally suited

for large glass surfaces, such as: building

facades, display windows, winter gardens,

animal enclosures, and glass sound barriers

or flood control walls. In addition, the ISOLAR

ORNILUX® product family is being expanded

with new products to cover other uses, as

well as being tested with other glass types

and low-e/solar control coatings.

SPECIAL PURPOSE,SIMPLE INSTALLATION

Polar bear enclosure in the Munich-Hellabrunn Zoo using ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado glass.

w/o Mikado

with Mikado

SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN EFFECTIVENESS

Statistically Significant Results

Arnold Glas is one of the true pioneers in the

development of Bird Protection Glass solu-

tions. In 2003 they began working with the

Radolfzell Bird Conservatory, Germany, to

develop testing methods for comparing the

effectiveness of various glass prototypes.

The result was development of the first “bird

flight tunnel” which was later improved and

enhanced in Russia and the USA. So far, over

120 different glass types have been tested.

Testing Method: In a darkened “flight tunnel“ a bird is released from point (A) towards a two-pane window frame containing a sheet of test glass (T) and a sheet of control glass (K). Bird collisions are prevented by a thin protective netting (N) in front of the glass. Each of the birds used in the test, was only allowed to take one flight and was later released. Afterwards, the numbers of bird flights directed towards the different glass sheets were statistically analyzed. 100 flights per test glass were conducted to attain statistically valid results. From 100 total flights per test pane a min of 60 have to be directed towards the control pane to receive a statistically significant result (e. g. deviation from uniform distribution).

A: Place of release N: Japanese-net for bird protection K: Control glass T: Test glass – ISOLAR ORNILUX®

Office building of the Wandsbek residential cooperative

with ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado scandic glass.

Hunsrücker Glasveredelung Wagener GmbH & Co. KG

Otto-Hahn-Straße 1 · D-55481 Kirchberg · Tel. +49 6763 9305 0 · www.glaswagener.de

Glaswerke Arnold GmbH & Co. KG (Headquarters)

Alfred-Klingele-Straße 15 · D-73630 Remshalden · www.arnold-glas.de · www.ornilux.com

ISOLAR ORNILUX® glass products have re-

ceived numerous awards. They have been

honored with the “Innovation Prize for Archi-

tectural Construction,” a nomination for the

“2007 German Design Prize,” and the entire

ISOLAR ORNILUX® product family received

the “Industrial Innovation Award 2007” as

well as the “Progress Award” from the inter-

national wildlife protection organization PeTa.

In addit ion, in 2010 ISOLAR ORNILUX®

mikado won the prestigious “Red Dot Design

Award – Best of the Best” and in 2011,

Arnold Glas was named as one of Germany’s

most innovative companies because of its

development of Bird Protection Glass by the

federal initiative “365 Locations in the Land of

Ideas.”

In the USA – ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado has

developed a solid reputation as well. In 2010,

ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado glass products

were selected as one of the “Top-10 Green

Building Products“ and in 2011 they received

the “Crystal Achievement Award.“

AWARD-WINNING DESIGN

InnovationspreisArchitektur und Bauwesen

Alpine Nature Information Center in Karwendel, 2008

Recognized by environmental and wild­

life organizations

Arnold Glas works closely with well- respected

organizations for bird conservation on testing

and development; the National Bird Conser-

vation Society (LBV Landesbund für Vogel-

schutz) in Germany and the American Bird

Conservancy (ABC) in the USA.

Company Group

ISOLAR ORNILUX® MIKADO – TRANSPARENT GLASS COATING

Further project specific tested glass types available on request.

The effectiveness of new glass types must be tested in the “flight tunnel“.Therefore, variations relative to glass thickness and spacer width may result in a deviation of the bird approach rate achieved with tested glass build-ups.

ORNILUX® glass products have shown in controlled flight tunnel studies to significantly reduce bird collisions (min 70% of birds tested fly towards the control and achieved ABC „EFFECTIVE“ rating). www.birdsmartglass.org ABC Glass Collesions Program presents a comprehensive resource to help stop birds hitting windows and the flight tunnel ratings are the basis for the LEED Pilot Credit 55 for bird collision deterrence. www.usgbc.org

The following ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado glass types have been tested in flight tunnel testing and resulted in significantly fewer bird approaches

than conventional clear control glass panes (6 mm Float glass). For better comparison of the Ug-values all double glazed glass types are shown

with 16 mm spacer and all triple glazed glass types with 2 x 14 mm spacer.

Product Name Glass Build up Ug Value in W/m2K LT Value in % G Value in %ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado A70 /// 6:/14 Ar/:4/14 Ar/:Lam 8 0.6 60 33ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado A60 /// 6:/14 Ar/:4/14 Ar/:Lam 8 0.6 53 29ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado A50 /// 6:/14 Ar/:4/14 Ar/:Lam 8 0.6 45 25ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado A50 /// Lam12:/14 Ar/4/14 Ar/:4 0.6 46 24

Triple Insulating Glass with Solar Control Coating

Product Name Glass Build up Ug Value in W/m2K LT Value in % G Value in %ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado mono 36 mm Lam (12:/12/:12) 4.7 76 57ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado mono 12 mm Lam (4:/4/:4) 5.3 84 71

Laminated Glass

Company Group

Hunsrücker Glasveredelung Wagener GmbH & Co. KG

Otto-Hahn-Strasse 1 · D-55481 Kirchberg

Tel. +49 6763 9305 0 · www.glaswagener.de

Glaswerke Arnold GmbH & Co. KG (Headquarters)

Alfred-Klingele-Strasse 15 · D-73630 Remshalden

www.ornilux.de · www.arnold-glas.de · www.ornilux.com

Product Name Glass Build up Ug Value in W/m2K LT Value in % G Value in %ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado uno // 6:/16 Ar/:Lam 8 1.0 66 47ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado advance 34 // 4:/16 Ar/:Lam 8 1.1 77 61

Insulating Glass with Low-E Coating

ORNILUX® mikado advance // is also available in low-iron quality or with premium Low-E coating.

Product Name Glass Build up Ug Value in W/m2K LT Value in % G Value in %ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado advance 34 /// 4:/14 Ar/:4/14 Ar/:Lam 8 0.6 70 52

Triple Insulating Glass with Low-E Coating

ORNILUX mikado advance /// is also available with premium Low-E coating.

Product Name Glass Build up Ug Value in W/m2K LT Value in % G Value in %ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado A70 // 6:/16 Ar/:Lam 8 1.0 66 36ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado A60 // 6:/16 Ar/:Lam 8 1.0 58 32ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado A50 // Lam10:/16 Ar/4 1.0 51 27ISOLAR ORNILUX® mikado A40 // Lam10:/16 Ar/4 1.0 41 22

Insulating Glass with Solar Control Coating

ISOLAR ORNILUX® SCREEN PRINT –VISIBLE MARKINGS ON GLASS

Screen Print Designs Printed Surface Example Photo

ISOLAR ORNILUX® ScreenPrint “Stripes 10/60”6 tempered with Screen Print

1 cm Wide Stripes with 6 cm Spacing

Color; Traffic White (similar to RAL 9016)

Screen Print to surface 1

Screen Print Designs Printed Surface Example Photo

ISOLAR ORNILUX® ScreenPrint “Rings” Two-Color6 tempered with Screen Print

2 Parallel Rows of Rings

1 Row of Rings Turquoise (similar to RAL 5018)

1 Row of Rings Black (similar to RAL 9005)

Screen Print to surface 1

Screen Print Designs Printed Surface Example Photo

ISOLAR ORNILUX® ScreenPrint “Stripes 2/30”6 tempered with Screen Print

2 mm Wide Stripes with 30 mm Spacing

Color: NCS S 0500-N (similar to RAL 9016 – Traffic White)

Screen Print to surface 2

Screen Print Designs Printed Surface Example Photo

ISOLAR ORNILUX® ScreenPrint “Stripes 3/15”6 tempered with Screen Print

3 mm Wide Stripes with 15 mm Spacing

Color: Traffic White (similar to RAL 9016)

Screen Print to surface 1

Arnold Glas has committed to offer a wide range of Bird Protection Glass solutions to planners, architects and homeowners.

In some cases fully transparent glass is not always needed or desired. For situations where visible markings are needed, we recommend using

our ORNILUX® ScreenPrint products in one of the following tested designs.