The invention relates generally to the field of construction, and in particular to the use of a glass unit instead of the opening sashes of windows and doors, without using sash profiles into which conventional insulating glass units or insulating glass units with one protruding outer pane are usually fixed. The adaptive insulating glass unit is intended for use on windows and doors pre-installed in an opening or facade, as well as for use in the production of new windows and doors, which in turn are used for glazing door and window openings (fixed glazing or one with a sash opening inward, sideways, outward or upward off the frame) in residential buildings, in public and industrial buildings, display structures. The technical result of the invention is a quicker and more accurate assembly of multi-chambered insulating glass units with glued-in profiles, increased light transmission, thermal insulation and soundproofing properties of existing window and door systems without the need to reconfigure production processes, without the need to readjust and replace equipment used in the production of windows, as well as increased light transmission, thermal insulation and soundproofing properties of window and door systems pre-installed in the openings and facades of buildings without the need to reinstall them. The adaptive insulating glass unit designed to be used instead of the opening sashes of windows and doors, without the use of sash profiles into which conventional insulating glass units or insulating glass units with one protruding outer pane are usually fixed, offers new prospects for the design of new window and door systems. The adaptive insulating glass unit contains two outer panes and at least one inner pane, spaced from each other by spacer frames placed between the panes. Moreover, the outer panes are always larger than the inner ones, and between them there is a profile inserted all the way to all the inner panes and simultaneously to one of the outer panes and glued to said outer pane by means of hard glue with additional fixation of the glued profile to another outer pane through the aid of a spacer element, with the gap formed between the profile and the outer pane to which the profile is not glued by means of hard glue filled with elastic glue and sealant, with the outer part of the profile adapted to fixing fittings and seals, which adapt the adaptive insulating glass unit to specific window systems.

The present disclosure provides a glass assembly having a plastic frame and two glass panes in spaced parallel arrangement, wherein at least one of the glass panes is encapsulated within the plastic frame. The glass assembly is part of a door that is connected to an oven to allow selective access to the interior oven cavity. The encapsulated glass pane can face the interior oven cavity, or face away from the interior oven cavity, toward the environment outside the oven. Each glass pane can also be encapsulated within a frame half, and the two frame halves can be connected to one another. The disclosure also provides a method of making the glass assembly.

Embodiments include fenestration units with active sound canceling properties, retrofit units with active sound canceling properties and related methods. In an embodiment a fenestration unit with active sound canceling properties can include an glazing unit including an exterior transparent pane, an interior transparent pane, and an internal space disposed between the exterior and interior transparent panes. The fenestration unit can include an active noise cancellation system including an exterior module including a sound input device and a signal emitter. An interior module can include a signal receiver to receive the signal from the signal emitter, and a vibration generator configured to vibrate the interior transparent pane. A sound cancellation control module can control the vibration generator to vibrate the interior transparent pane and generate pressure waves causing destructive interference with a portion of the sound waves received by the sound input device. Other embodiments are also included herein.

An electrochromic integrated glazing unit (IGU) comprises an electrochromic lite, a glass lite, a spacer, and a sealant. The electrochromic lite can have a first piece of carrier glass, a second piece of carrier glass, and an electrochromic device disposed between them, where the first and second pieces of carrier glass can be offset such that the first piece of carrier glass extends farther than both the second piece of carrier glass and the electrochromic device along a first edge of the electrochromic lite. A sealant can be disposed between the first piece of carrier glass and the glass lite along a first edge of the electrochromic IGU and further disposed between the second piece of carrier glass and the glass lite. An electrochromic laminated glass unit (LGU) with a similar electrochromic lite can contain one or more shear blocks disposed at a first edge of the electrochromic LGU.

Described herein are systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for implementing smart windows, smart home systems that include smart windows, and user devices and applications for control thereof. A smart window, or photovoltaic window, may include a photovoltaic configured to generate electrical power from incident light onto the photovoltaic window, store the electrical power, and send the electrical power to an electronics package or various electrical loads including a wireless communication system, sensors, or window functions. The photovoltaic window may communicate with various smart home system devices such as hub devices and user devices, which may include the reception of control data at the photovoltaic window and the transmission of sensor data captured by the window sensors.

A vacuum insulating glazing unit includes a first glass pane having a thickness Z1, and a second glass pane made of prestressed glass having a thickness, Z2, where Z1 is greater than Z2 (Z1>Z2) The glazing unit also includes a set of discrete spacers positioned between the first and second glass panes and a hermetically bonding seal sealing the distance between the first and second glass panes over a perimeter. A vacuum of pressure less than 0.1 mbar is created in an internal volume V. A thickness ratio, Z1/Z2, of the thickness of the first glass pane, Z1, to the thickness of the second glass pane, Z2, is equal to or greater than 1.30 (Z1/Z2≥1.30).

A fenestration unit comprising a frame having a center, a sash coupled to the frame, an interior pane coupled to the sash, a spacer coupled to the interior pane, an exterior pane coupled to the sash and the spacer, the exterior pane including an inward-facing surface, and a peripheral shield disposed on the inward-facing surface of the exterior pane such that, when viewed at direct angle, the peripheral shield hides the spacer, the sash, and at least part of the frame.

Described herein are systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for implementing smart windows, smart home systems that include smart windows, and user devices and applications for control thereof. A smart window, or photovoltaic window, may include a photovoltaic configured to generate electrical power from incident light onto the photovoltaic window, store the electrical power, and send the electrical power to an electronics package or various electrical loads including a wireless communication system, sensors, or window functions. The photovoltaic window may communicate with various smart home system devices such as hub devices and user devices, which may include the reception of control data at the photovoltaic window and the transmission of sensor data captured by the window sensors.

A light transmitting panel assembly includes a first panel, a second panel, a frame, a gap between the first panel and the second panel, and a first active component located between the first panel and the second panel.

The present disclosure relates to a swing door system, preferably for use with a chiller device or freezer device, including at least one swing door, a mullion and a sealing element. The at least one swing door includes a transparent pane and the sealing element is arranged between the swing door and the mullion in a closed position of the swing door. The mullion is translucent at least in part.