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Why Your Next Window Might Be Thinner Than a Credit Card

What if your window was thinner than a credit card—and insulated better than a wall?

That future is closer than you think.

🔍 A Quick Backstory

For decades, windows have been the weakest link in energy efficiency. Builders have improved frames, coatings, seals, and glazing—but glass has remained heavy, thick, and thermally leaky.

Enter Corning, the same company behind Gorilla Glass, and their new innovation: Enlighten™ Glass. Paired with Andersen Windows and others, they are reshaping (literally) how we think about windows.

💡 What Makes This Different?

Corning’s architectural glass tech takes inspiration from smartphones. Their ultra-thin, chemically strengthened glass is as thin as 0.5 mm (yes, thinner than a credit card), but strong enough to serve as a core layer in insulated glazing units (IGUs).

Combined into triple-pane (or even quad-pane) windows, this thin center pane allows for:

• Improved R-values rivaling walls

• Lower weight than traditional triple-glazed units

• More natural light thanks to thinner glass stacks

📊 Performance

Most window ratings use U-factor (lower is better), which can be converted into R-value. Modern "thin triple" window units using ultra-thin center panes + gas fills can exceed R-7 to R-10 performance. That rivals (or beats) the R-value of some walls.

Even better: because these center panes are so thin, the window doesn’t look or feel like a triple.

💵 What About Cost?

Right now, advanced thin-pane windows carry about a 20% premium over high-end standard double-pane windows. But there are upside efficiencies:

• Less raw material (glass)

• Reduced frame load (less structural bracing)

• Lower shipping weight

As production scales and manufacturers adapt, the cost curve is expected to drop.

🧱 Retrofit vs. New Construction

This tech will hit new construction first. Most existing window frames aren’t designed to hold triple/quad glazing, especially deeper IGUs. But for high-end remodels or custom replacements, the demand is real—especially with energy prices climbing.

Replacement window opportunities are huge. If a thin, ultra-efficient IGU could be dropped into a standard double-pane frame, it would revolutionize the market. But most manufacturers haven’t cracked that yet.

🏗️ Where We Are Now

• Corning Enlighten™ is being rolled out through select manufacturing partners

• Glaston TPS® is producing triple-glazed units with 0.5 mm center panes

• Regency Triple windows are projected to launch in the UK in 2026

• Architects and builders in the passive/green building space are early adopters

🧠 What to Watch For

• New product announcements from Andersen, Marvin, or Pella

• Energy code updates that recognize thin-triple windows

• Any attempts to adapt this tech for mass-market replacements

🏁 Final Thought

Windows have long been a design compromise: beauty vs. energy loss. But with thin-glass tech, we’re heading toward a world where you can have floor-to-ceiling glass with zero thermal guilt.

It’s going to change not just energy bills—but architecture itself.

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Sources:

• corning.com

• glassmagazine.com

• greenbuildingadvisor.com

• glaston.net

• green.org

Where to Invest $100,000 According to Experts

Investors face a dilemma. Headlines everywhere say tariffs and AI hype are distorting public markets.

Now, the S&P is trading at over 30x earnings—a level historically linked to crashes.

And the Fed is lowering rates, potentially adding fuel to the fire.

Bloomberg asked where experts would personally invest $100,000 for their September edition. One surprising answer? Art.

It’s what billionaires like Bezos, Gates, and the Rockefellers have used to diversify for decades.

Why?

• Contemporary art prices have appreciated 11.2% annually on average

• …And with one of the lowest correlations to stocks of any major asset class (Masterworks data, 1995-2024).

• Ultra-high net worth collectors (>$50M) allocated 25% of their portfolios to art on average. (UBS, 2024)

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