Ertaç Plaza

Ertaç Plaza is an 18-storey grade-A office building on Fatih Sultan Mehmet Boulevard in Nilüfer, Bursa. The design called for an uninterrupted glass surface and horizontal aluminium sun-shading bands repeating every two floors.

Solution

Because of the tight programme and the number of floors, we proposed the UC150 unitised system. 2,340 panels measuring 1,500 × 4,050 mm were glazed and sealed in our factory, with the sun shades fitted to the panels before delivery.

• Solar-control selective Low-E glass (g 0.28, 52% light transmission)
• Mock-up tested at an accredited laboratory: AE air, RE1500 water, 3.0 kPa wind
• An average of 48 panels a day installed with floor cranes

Result

Facade installation finished two weeks early, and the building achieved class B on its energy performance certificate.

At handover the client received a traceability file with silicone, glass and profile batch records for each panel, together with an annual maintenance plan.