This new facility will be built next to SAGE’s existing production facility, enabling the company to expand production and lower costs. SAGE estimates that construction of this manufacturing facility will create 210 jobs over 12 months.
SAGE has developed the world’s only commercially available, electronically ‘tintable’ window glass. SageGlass allows natural light in while controlling unwanted solar heat and glare and can be used in building windows, skylights, and curtain walls. The technology consists of a series of thin ceramic material layers deposited onto sheets of glass, forming an electrochromic device that allows the user to switch the window between a clear state and a highly tinted state using a low-voltage electrical current.
This is the seventh conditional commitment issued by DOE’s Loan Guarantee Program since March of 2009. SAGE adds to the program’s diverse portfolio of clean energy projects which includes wind turbine manufacturing, solar generation and manufacturing, electricity storage, nuclear power, and energy efficiency.
