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Understand the requirement
Establish which regulation, standard, procurement requirement or security consideration is relevant to the building or project.
Start with the Requirement
What are you trying to establish?
Choose the issue that best matches the building, project or obligation you are dealing with. Each guide explains what applies, what evidence matters and the practical route to a glazing specification.
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Workplace Glazing Safety
Regulation 14 & Safety Glazing
Understand workplace glazing duties, impact risk, manifestation requirements and when existing glass may need a safety-film upgrade.
Energy Performance
MEES, EPC & Solar Performance
Explore commercial energy-performance requirements and how solar gain, SHGC and existing glazing can affect the route to improved building performance.
Protective security
Martyn’s Law & Protective Security
Understand the protective-security context for qualifying premises and the role glazing, blast mitigation and edge retention may play within a wider security strategy.
Contractor procurement
SSIP, Constructionline & CDM
Find the contractor credentials, documentation, RAMS and supporting evidence required to bring specialist glazing work into a compliant project package.
From guidance to specification
Turn the requirement into a workable glazing response.
Compliance guidance is only useful if it leads to a practical decision. Solartek connects the obligation, the condition of the existing glass and the technical evidence needed to specify an appropriate response.
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Assess the existing glazing
Review the glass, location, building use and foreseeable risks to understand what the current glazing is actually capable of.
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Specify the response
Match the requirement to an appropriate film, manifestation treatment, protective system or other glazing intervention.
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Document the evidence
Support the recommendation with the relevant datasheets, test information, assessment records and project documentation.
Technical evidence
Need the evidence behind the recommendation?
Access the technical documentation, test evidence and assessment material used to support Solartek specifications.
01Technical LibraryLibraryBrowse Solartek’s technical resources, including product information, compliance material and supporting specification documents.02Product DatasheetsDatasheetsAccess product-level performance data, technical characteristics and application information for relevant window film systems.03Test CertificationTest DataReview available independent test evidence and performance classifications supporting safety, impact and specialist glazing specifications.04Assessment DocumentationDocumentationAccess example survey records, assessment templates and project documentation used to turn site findings into a clear remedial specification.
GUIDANCE BY ROLE / SECTOR
Start with the environment you manage.
The underlying requirements may overlap, but the trigger, liability and evidence needed can vary by building type, operating environment and procurement role.
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Education & Institutional
Schools, universities and institutional estates
Workplace glazing safety, Regulation 14, manifestation and remedial programmes across occupied education, healthcare and institutional environments.
Commercial & Landlord
Offices and commercial property
Energy performance, solar gain, glazing upgrades and compliance considerations across landlord estates and occupied commercial buildings.
Public Sector & Venues
Public-facing and high-footfall premises
Protective security, impact risk and Martyn’s Law considerations for venues, public buildings and other high-footfall environments.
Bars & Restaurants
Hospitality and licensed premises
Glazing safety, solar control, privacy and protective-security considerations for restaurants, bars and other customer-facing hospitality spaces.
CONTRACTORS & SPECIFIERS
Compliance within the project specification
Bring technical evidence, contractor credentials, RAMS and relevant glazing requirements into tender packages and project delivery.
NOT SURE WHICH REQUIREMENT APPLIES?
Start with the glazing.
Tell us what building or project you are dealing with and what has prompted the enquiry. We can help establish the relevant technical, compliance or specification route.
You don’t need to know the regulation or standard before you contact us.