Green Tinted Laminated Glass — The Bank Hotel (S. Africa)

Green Tinted Laminated Glass for The Bank Hotel (South Africa)

A hotel facade has to give the building a distinctive look while behaving as a safe, durable envelope. For The Bank Hotel in South Africa — completed in 2019 with around 500 m² of facade glazing — Dayang supplied a green body-tinted tempered laminated safety glass for the exterior.

The brief

The project wanted a facade with a green glass character that cuts solar heat and glare, combined with the safety performance a public building needs. That is a classic tinted-laminated specification: body-tinted glass for the colour and solar control, laminated for safety, and tempered for strength.

Glass system supplied

The build was a tempered laminated unit:

• 6 mm green tempered glass + 1.52 mm PVB interlayer + 6 mm green tempered glass.

What each element contributes:

• Green body tint. The colour is in the glass itself (body-tinted float), not a surface film, so it is permanent and even across the facade, and it reduces solar heat gain and glare.
• PVB lamination. The 1.52 mm PVB interlayer bonds the two plies into safety glass: if the glass breaks, the fragments stay on the interlayer rather than falling. PVB also cuts UV and improves acoustics.
• Tempering. Both plies are tempered (toughened) for strength and a safe break pattern.

Why it is specified this way

A tinted laminated facade solves appearance and performance together: the green tint gives the hotel its look and manages the sun, while lamination over tempered plies makes it safety glass that stays in place when broken — the behaviour wanted over entrances and occupied areas. Producing it well means matching the green tint across a batch of panels and laminating two tempered plies so they align perfectly — work for a manufacturer with in-house tempering and laminating.

Explore the glass used

• Flat tempered glass — the tempered base for both plies.
• Laminated glass and laminated vs toughened glass — PVB lamination and post-breakage retention.
• PVB vs SGP laminated glass — choosing the laminate interlayer.
• Curtain wall glass specification guide — how facade glass is specified.

Planning a tinted or laminated glass facade? Send us your enquiry with your colour, sizes and quantity, and we will advise on the glass system and quote EXW or FOB.

Project: The Bank Hotel, South Africa (2019, ~500 m²). Project details from Dayang’s official project catalogue.

Sources

• Dayang official project catalogue (P7 “Project List”) — The Bank Hotel, South Africa (2019, ~500 m²): 6 mm green tempered + 1.52 PVB + 6 mm green tempered (tinted laminated glass)
• Client product catalogue / knowledge base (tempered and PVB-laminated glass)