Switchable Glass in Los Angeles
What PriWatt supplies into Los Angeles
PriWatt manufactures switchable glass and film in Pompano Beach, Florida, and has supplied it into Los Angeles and the wider Southland since 2016 — a corporate headquarters, a bank, a Beverly Hills shopfront, a car collection, an ocean-front villa. Panels ship crated. Installation is by partners, or by the glazier on the job.
The west-coast work is markedly more retail and residential than the New York work, and glare comes up about as often as privacy does. If solar gain is part of the brief, ask about the version that goes dark instead of frosting white; there is more on it under overhead glazing.
6 projects in Los Angeles
Every one of these is a building with PriWatt glass or film in it. The case study says what was made, what it cost the programme, and what was decided along the way.
Glass, insulated units, and film for glass already in place
Three ways to buy the same switchable layer. Which one a project needs is decided by whether the glass exists yet, and by what the room should do with nothing switched on.
| Per sq ft | |
|---|---|
| Laminated switchable glass — private with no power | $78 – $115 |
| Laminated switchable glass — clear with no power | $120 – $165 |
| Insulated unit for an outside window | $140 – $230 |
| Film applied to glass already in the building | $65 – $75 |
Ranges, not quotations. Where a project lands inside them comes out of the opening sizes. The full table, with every measured value, is on specifications, and what moves a number up or down is on pricing.
Made in Florida, delivered to Los Angeles
Coast to coast is the longest haul on this site. It is still a schedule: the panel is made, wired and tested on one line before it leaves the building.
Shipped crated from the plant
Lead time for switchable glass is 30 days from the settled specification, and the quote carries a delivery date, not a range.
Sun as much as privacy
Glare and solar gain change the specification: the darkening version goes in instead of the frosting one. Same panel build, different film.
Installed through partners, or supply-only
Film goes onto glass already fitted; a laminated panel is glazed like any other laminated panel. Either route is normal here.
Everything a drawing needs, before you draw it
Switchable glass reaches most drawings as the words "smart glass" and reaches site as whatever could be sourced. The documents that close that gap are published, and they come from the company that makes the panel.
The CSI specification
Three-part, MasterFormat 08 88 00, ready to edit into a project manual.
CAD details, PDF and DXF
The laminated make-up, film on existing glazing, the wiring, and the panel size limits.
Every measured value
Optical, electrical and physical data for all six products, stated by optical state.
Certification you can cite
UL file E514182 for the electrical system, SGCC 9894 for the laminated safety glazing.
Fitting PriWatt in Los Angeles
A laminated switchable panel is glazed like any other laminated panel, and film goes onto a pane that is already fitted. The low-voltage side is a defined scope; the mains supply belongs to an electrician. Companies that already do this work are who PriWatt installs through.
Join the installer network
Four partner tracks, because an installer and an architect arrive with different first questions.
Or bring your own glazier
Supply-only is normal. The panel schedule and the shop drawings go to whoever is fitting it.
Send the opening, and we price it for Los Angeles
Sizes, quantities, and whether the glass is staying or being replaced. The quote comes back with the transformer, the control and a delivery date. Or call (833) 333-8556.