Argil, Inc. is developing breakthrough smart window technology delivering superior performance at a fraction of the cost of alternate smart window technologies. The firm was founded to develop printed electrochromic devices on flexible substrate enabling numerous applications to include cost effective Smart Window Film that dynamically controls the amount of light passing through glazing to improve building energy efficiency and automotive glare reduction and gas mileage improvement. Argil's innovative patented materials technology, simple device architecture and roll to roll printing process result in low cost high performance electrochromic film that switches at low voltages and consumes very little power. Argil plans to make and sell electrochromic film as a (1) standalone product, (2) laminated in between glass to make electrochromic laminated glass for automotive applications, and (3) assembled into insulated glass (IG) for architectural applications. Smart window technologies have numerous applications in architectural and automotive applications. Existing smart window technologies such as electrochromics use slow vacuum deposition processes making them very expensive for most high volume applications. Argill offers smart window film based on printed electrochromic materials wihich compare favorably with traditional vacuum deposited electrochromic technologies particularly given recent progress on roll to roll process development.
