TS EN 1096-1

TS EN 1096-1 is the standard that defines what coated glass for use in buildings is, which characteristics are used to describe it, and how the product is classified. It treats coated glass as a technical family of glazing material, helping distinguish the role of the coating from the base glass and from the different performance properties associated with building applications. In practical terms, it provides the common terminology and classification framework needed to talk about coated glazing in a consistent way.

How coated glass is positioned technically

In building applications, coatings are used to modify optical and functional behaviour such as light transmission, reflectance, solar control, thermal insulation, or surface-related performance. This part of the standard focuses on definitions and classification; it does not contain the durability test methods, conformity assessment provisions, or self-cleaning performance tests themselves. Those topics are assigned to later parts of the standard series. The result is a clear separation between product identity and the specific verification methods used elsewhere in the series.

Scope boundaries and related parts

• The standard applies to coated glass for glazing in normally occupied domestic or commercial premises.
• It defines the characteristics, properties and classification of coated glass.
• Durability test methods and procedures are given in Parts 2 and 3.
• Factory production control and evaluation of conformity, including Annex ZA, are given in Part 4.
• Test methods for self-cleaning performance are given in Part 5.
• It does not apply to adhesive backed polymeric films on glass, mirrors made from silvered float glass, or enamelled glass.