Gauzy launches black Suspended Particle (SPD) smart glass
Gauzy in Israel has developed an energy harvesting smart glass with black suspended particles for the first time.
The black SPD technology is a dimmable glass with a distinguishable black appearance for the automotive, aeronautics, and architecture industries. The glass turns opaque within seconds under electronic control and blocks more than 99% of visible light to reduce energy consumption, regulate temperature control, increase headroom in vehicles by at least two inches, extend driving ranges in electric vehicles. It can be retrofitted to existing structures, vehicles and aircraft.
See the details of SPD in the eeNews Europe interview with Gauzy CEO Eyal Peso.
“Over the last few quarters, many of our high-profile customers across the automotive, aeronautics, and architecture sectors have expressed their desire for SPD Smart Glass with a black appearance, and we are thrilled to unveil it at CES 2025,” said Eyal Peso, CEO of Gauzy. “Our ability to work expeditiously to innovate and create a solution that the market demands reflects the sophistication of our research and development capabilities and exemplifies why we continue to grow and solidify our competitive position in light control. We believe this new offering and its darker aesthetics will broaden the number of users who implement Smart Glass into their designs going forward, and we anticipate that it will quickly become one of our top-selling SPD products.”
The solar powered LCG embeds transparent solar cells in the glass to generate and harvest electricity that can be used to power electrical devices within a vehicle or building, including the glass itself. This can be used to reduce operating costs and increased sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives across industries and is on display at the CES 2025 show in Las Vegas this week.
“SPD is the best performing instantly switchable smart glass solution for shading and has become extremely popular with its existing colour for sky facing applications such as sunroofs and skylights. As our market penetration expands to vertically-oriented glass on the side of cars and buildings, this new development being shown today with a more neutral colour is impactful. This new capability to offer a black SPD-Smart Glass product, along with Gauzy’s Solar Powered smart glass innovation and the recent announcement of the retrofit application for our smart glass, will make it easier and more cost effective to install smart windows in homes, apartments and office buildings,” said Joseph Harary, President and CEO of Research Frontiers, which is the developer of patented SPD-Smart light-control film technology.
Gauzy expects the black SPD product to be available for commercial orders and serial production in the future.
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