AGC Glass Europe has launched its low carbon Planibel Clearlite range, a low-carbon float glass whose carbon footprint has been reduced by 40% to just 7kg of CO₂ per m² (4mm thick).

Low-carbon Planibel Clearlite is available for AGC’s key ranges of functional glazing products, including:

• Safety glass: low-carbon Stratobel and low-carbon Stratophone
• Thermal insulation glass: low-carbon iplus 1.0 and low-carbon iplus 1.1
• Solar control glass: low-carbon Stopray and low-carbon Energy

AGC says the new low-carbon glass products deliver the same aesthetics, quality and technical performance as traditional AGC float glass products.

The new range has been introduced to meet growing market demand and reduce the environmental impact of AGC’s production processes in line with its carbon neutrality roadmap.

To achieve the CO₂ reduction, AGC has limited direct carbon emissions from the glass production processes as well as lowering all CO₂ emissions from electricity production, the supply chain upstream of its processes and other indirect emissions.

AGC’s holistic approach to sustainably producing its low-carbon glass covers six key areas:

• Sustainably sourcing of raw materials
• Using highly efficient melting furnaces
• Increasing the use of cullet (recycled glass)
• Using green energy sources
• Optimising transport between Group sites for finishing processes (lamination, coating)
• Optimising transport for finished products

The first low-carbon Planibel Clearlite was successfully produced at the AGC plant in Moustier, Belgium and is in stock now. In 2023, the AGC plant in Seingbouse, France will also start producing low-carbon glass.