Solutia’s Performance Films Segment Receives Grant to Invest in Energy-Efficient Building Technologies

Grant targeted to further development of EnerLogic™ window film series

St. Louis, MO, June 30, 2010 – Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA) is pleased to announce that its Performance Films segment was recently awarded a $356,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant, entitled “Recovery Act: Advanced Energy Efficient Building Technologies,” from the U.S. Department of Energy.  The awarded funds have been earmarked for the continued research, development and commercialization of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit window film technology for residential and commercial buildings. 

This technology involves new film coatings and techniques designed to improve energy efficiency in every climate zone, specifically films with low emissivity (low-e) properties, a measurement indicating a window’s ability to minimize far-infrared heat transmissions, which produces significant improvement in a window’s insulating properties, potentially resulting in both winter and summer energy savings.  Solutia is the market leader in the development of these films under the EnerLogic™ trademark.

“The Department of Energy has recognized the value of window films as a retrofit solution to improving energy efficiency,” said Ray Kollar, President and General Manager of Solutia’s Performance Films segment. “Today’s consumers have also learned that, just like changing their lighting, window films are an affordable, easy-to-make choice that can add significant energy savings and real value. As a global leader in film technology, we’ll use this grant to keep pushing the technology forward.” The grant proposal requested funds to expand research of new high-performance window films for residential and commercial buildings. Solutia’s current technology is utilized in new films that add up to 92%(1) more insulating power to existing commercial and residential windows – improving energy efficiency throughout the year.

 “A building’s energy efficiency starts at its windows,” explains Dave Kaliser, Director of Product Marketing – Architectural for Solutia’s Performance Films segment. The proposed work will allow technologies similar to those utilized in high-performance low-e glass coatings to be incorporated into retrofit window films, while keeping costs in line with current high performance window films. “The technologies we’re working on include improved coating flexibility and low infrared-transmission coatings,” Kaliser continued. “These easy-to-install window films can increase energy efficiency year round, with much faster paybacks than traditional window replacement and substantially better energy savings per dollar spent.”

Using the ARRA, the Department of Energy is making unprecedented investments to build America's clean energy future, including more than $76 million to support advanced energy-efficient building technology projects and the development of training programs for commercial building equipment technicians, building operators, and energy auditors.

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), a world leader in real estate services and investment management, has selected CPFilms’ V 18 and REX 35 to reduce energy costs in a marquis property managed by JLL NYC.  The energy analysis completed projected an annual energy cost savings of $282, 887. The simple payback was calculated at 2.92 years.  The property is predominantly occupied by a large global financial firm.

This 226K SF project is the culmination of 10 months of project management by a CPFilms team of Commercial Manager Randy Garcia, CPF Dealer Development Representative Jeff Patterson and Steve Pesce, owner and president of New York Window Films, Inc. Farmingdale, NY, USA (a VISTA Platinum dealer).  Working closely with JLL to determine their needs, the team worked in tandem with manufacturing sources in Martinsville, VA and Runcorn, England to provide league-leading products.

The project scope of work includes:

• Removal of existing window film from the glass surface of bottom two floors
• Installation of V 18 SR CDF window film on the interior glass surface of windows found on floors 2-38 for solar control performance, solar heat and UV reduction, glare reduction, privacy, fade protection and aesthetic characteristics

Installation and sealing REX 35 SI ER HPR on the exterior glass surface of 57 lites located on the 2nd floor

From 750 offices in 60 countries around the world, JLL manages over 1.4 billion SF of commercial office and mixed use space. JLL was recently recognized as best overall provider of corporate real estate services by the Watkins (Research Group) Survey of Corporate Real Estate Service Providers.

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Glass without Safety Film	Installing the Safety/Security Film	Preparing for the live test to smash the glass	The output

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