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Soft coat double glazing: Monash Tennis Centre
Located within the Glen Waverley Sports Hub, the $26.7 million Monash Tennis Centre features 18 state-of-the-art synthetic courts, including two showcourts, alongside golf practice facilities. Designed by Mantric Architects, this advanced tennis centre boasts extensive soft coat double glazing throughout, delivering high performance thermal outcomes throughout winter and summer months.
The new Monash Tennis Centre features an impressive array of amenities, comprising a regional-level tennis venue with 18 courts and two showcourts. The multisport pavilion caters to both tennis and golf enthusiasts, with additional enhancements including golf practice facilities, public open spaces, ample parking, a café, and essential supporting infrastructure. The tennis centre will host tournaments, replacing the existing tennis centre in Boroondara.
Situated alongside a beautifully maintained 18-hole golf course that wraps around the Dandenong Creek trail, the course offers excellent bent greens, full watering, and minimal bunkers for an outstanding play experience all year round.
Mantric Architecture, responsible for the design of major sports and recreation projects like the Glen Eira Sports and Aquatic Centre (GESAC) in Bentleigh East and the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna South, delivered the project. Mantric has extensive experience collaborating with councils and sporting organisations on projects such as the Duncan MacKinnon Sports Pavilion in Murrumbeena, the Bendigo Tennis Centre, and the Tatterson Park Sports Pavilion in Keysborough.
The centre is exclusively glazed with InsulCool UltraPro double glazing. Designed specifically for cool Australian climates, the soft coat technology used within the IGUs balances maximum SHGC and U-Value performance throughout winter months.
InsulCool UltraPro – soft coat Low E double glazing for cool climate performance
Designed for the cold climates of Victoria and Tasmania, InsulCool UltraPro double-glazed units feature a highly specific soft coat Low E coating. This coating minimises radiant heat transfer while allowing an optimal amount of SHGC for passive heating during the coldest winter months.
To maximise performance, UltraPro IGUs are manufactured using the Quanex superspacer – a thermally broken warm edge thermoplastic spacer (TPS). Warm edge spacers are made of composite materials and extruded via CNC. This combination of composite material and manufacturing technology results in a spacer with the lowest possible thermal conductivity.
In supplying double glazing into to construction projects, it is common practice for product specifications to be changed to reduce budget, often at the expense of quality and after-sales support. Unfortunately, the impact of this is only usually apparent long into a building’s lifespan when issues typically arise. Project builder Commercial Industrial Construction Group (CICG) remained loyal to the original glass specification, ensuring a consistent design and glazing outcome efficiently and risk-free.
Cooling Brothers collaborated with global partner AGC Glass to supply glazing to meet the 5 Star Green Star ESD requirements of the project. From a glazing perspective, this involved specifying glass to meet or exceed a U value of 1.4 and SHGC of 0.35. InsulCool UltraPro 72 provided an ideal performance match for the project (1.35, 0.35).
"It’s a pleasure to work with a team that is truly supportive of holding the spec and committed to local supply. It makes a huge difference for all parties - Cooling Brothers can deliver InsulCool UltraPro double glazing as specified, so the architect and client receive the designed outcome in its full intent."
CAMERON MCCLEERY
AGC
