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REACH BUILDING provides SpectraNyx SPD solutions for adjustable tint and SpectraVeil PDLC solutions for on-demand privacy, available in both smart glass and smart film formats.
This guide helps architects, contractors, distributors, and project owners prepare the information needed for an accurate smart glass quotation. It also covers the key glass, wiring, control, and installation details that should be coordinated before production and site installation begin.
If smart glass is new to you, please explore our smart glass solutions or read Smart Glass ROI: How SpectraNyx & SpectraVeil Redefine Modern Buildings for an introduction to smart glass.
REACH BUILDING Smart glass can be used in both interior and exterior applications across offices, hotels, healthcare facilities, retail spaces, residential projects, and other commercial buildings. Typical applications include interior partitions, meeting rooms, bathroom glass, storefronts, windows, skylights, and facades, supporting privacy, light control, glare reduction, and flexible space design.
Before requesting a quotation, the project application and required function should be clearly defined, as these details influence the glass configuration, wiring, control system, and installation plan.
Explore why REACH BUILDING smart glass matters for developers, architects, and solution providers.
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SpectraNyx Smart Glass for meeting rooms, providing continuous tint control. | SpectraNyx Smart Glass for glass walls, helping reduce solar exposure and protect interior furnishings. | SpectraVeil Smart Glass for bathroom glass doors, providing privacy on demand. |
An accurate smart glass quotation requires more than the total glass area. The project team should also confirm the required function, application, panel sizes, glass configuration, electrical connections, control method, and installation conditions.
Before requesting a quotation, define the effect you expect from the glass and how the project will be delivered. Consider whether you need stepless dimming, instant privacy, projection or customized visual effects, and whether the system will be installed as new glazing or retrofitted to existing glass.
Clarifying these requirements early helps determine the appropriate smart glass solution, product format, glass configuration, and control system while reducing changes during quotation, production, and installation.
Stepless dimming: For projects that require continuous control over brightness, glare, solar exposure, and interior visibility, the glass can gradually change from a lighter to a darker tint. This effect is suitable for windows, glass walls, skylights, facades, and other areas exposed to changing daylight.
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SpectraNyx SPD Smart Glass for skylights, providing continuous tint control to manage daylight, glare, and solar exposure. |
Instant transparency & privacy control on demand: For spaces that require clear visual separation, the glass can switch from transparent to a frosted privacy state while still allowing diffused light into the space. This effect is commonly used for meeting rooms, office partitions, hotel bathrooms, healthcare spaces, and residential interiors.
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SpectraVeil PDLC Smart Glass with simple ON/OFF control for privacy on demand. |
Projection and custom visual effects: SpectraVeil PDLC can switch from transparent glass to a frosted surface for projection, presentations, or advertising displays. It can also be divided into customized switchable areas, allowing patterns, text, or graphics to appear and disappear when the glass changes state. SpectraNyx SPD can be customized so selected areas change tint independently, creating visible logos, patterns, or branded effects directly within the glass.
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SpectraVeil PDLC Smart Glass used as a projection surface. | SpectraVeil PDLC Smart Glass with customized switchable patterns. | SpectraNyx SPD Smart Glass with a customized logo tint effect. |
Is It a New Glazing Project or a Retrofit: For new construction or glass replacement, complete smart glass can be incorporated into the glazing system during production. For projects retaining suitable existing glass, smart film may provide a retrofit option without replacing the original panels.
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REACH BUILDING smart films can be applied to suitable existing glass, adding smart functions without replacing the original glazing. This helps reduce installation time, renovation costs, and disruption to the existing space.
Not sure whether complete smart glass or retrofit film is more suitable?
Learn more about SpectraVeil PDLC Smart Glass vs Smart Film.
Learn more about SpectraNyx SPD Smart Glass vs Smart Film.
Tell us what your project needs, REACH BUILDING can help you select the appropriate smart glass or smart film, confirm the glass and control configuration.
Smart glass requires electrical power to maintain its active state. SpectraVeil PDLC becomes transparent when powered on, while SpectraNyx SPD supports continuous tint adjustment through controlled power input.
Wiring layout : The wiring should therefore be planned before installation and concealed within the frame, wall, ceiling, or floor. REACH BUILDING can prepare the wiring layout and connection positions according to the glass dimensions and project design. Each glass panel requires only two reserved connection points, helping keep the finished installation clean and organized.
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Project examples of pre-planned smart glass wiring layouts. | With the wiring planned and concealed in advance, no exposed cables remain visible after installation, creating a clean, seamless, and premium architectural finish. |
Wiring should be considered from the design stage, especially for custom glass layouts, independent control zones, patterns, or branded effects.
Have a unique concept for your project? Work with REACH BUILDING to develop a customized smart glass solution and bring the design to life.
Convenient and intelligent controller: REACH BUILDING provides a range of convenient and intelligent control options for different smart glass applications.
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SpectraVeil PDLC uses simple ON/OFF control to switch between transparent and frosted states. | SpectraNyx SPD supports USB controller. | SpectraNyx SPD supports remote controller. | SpectraNyx SPD supports LCD touch panels, apps. |
The SpectraNyx SPD controller also supports integration with smart home systems and building management systems (BMS).
Learn More About the Controller.
Before confirming the smart glass configuration, review the performance data that is most relevant to the project. REACH BUILDING provides dedicated smart glass test documents covering:
The following performance areas can help you evaluate smart glass more clearly and identify the configuration that best matches your project requirements:
Evaluation Area | What Buyers Should Look For | ||
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Visible Light Transmittance | Higher transparency can help maintain natural light and an open visual appearance | At least 85% when powered on | Approximately 55% to 65% in the light state and 1% to 2% in the dark state |
Privacy or Tint Effect | Review whether the project needs frosted privacy or adjustable darkening | More than 99% haze when powered off, creating a strong frosted privacy effect | highly uniform tint transition across the entire glass panel |
Switching Performance | Fast response supports convenient daily operation | Less than 45 milliseconds from OFF to ON and less than 100 milliseconds from ON to OFF | Up to 2s from OFF to ON, and up to 9s from ON to OFF |
Power Consumption | Lower operating power supports regular and large-area use | 2 watts per square metre | No more than 1 watt per square metre |
UV Protection | Important for sun-exposed glass and interior protection | 68.9% in the ON state and 99.5% in the OFF state | Up to 99.9% UV blocking |
Operating Environment | Review temperature range and suitability for the project location | Operating range from minus 30 to 90 degrees Celsius | Operating range from minus 30 to 90 degrees Celsius |
Before final confirmation, you can request a REACH BUILDING smart glass sample to confirm the transparency, privacy effect, tint range, switching response, color uniformity, and overall appearance under actual viewing conditions.
With more than 20 years of building-material experience, independent smart glass test reports, and project support from selection through installation, REACH BUILDING provides customers with clearer technical verification and dependable after-sales assistance.
Share your application, glass dimensions, drawings, and control requirements with our team, and we will help you develop the right smart glass solution and prepare an accurate project quotation.
