This European Standard is the product standard for insulating glass units, which defines insulating glass units, and ensures by means of an adequate evaluation of conformity to this standard that:
It covers additional characteristics that are of importance for trade. Marking conditions are also included.
The main intended uses of the insulating glass units are installations in windows, doors, curtain walling, roofs and partitions where there exists protection against direct ultraviolet radiation at the edges.
BS EN 1279-3:2002, which is inextricably bound up with the other parts of the standard, covers the gas leakage rate by testing and the gas concentration tolerances as one means of verifying whether a product made in accordance with its system description conforms with the relevant aspects of the definition of insulating glass units.
It includes:
EN 1279-3:2002