Nanogel® Aerogel from Cabot Corporation wins 100% Detail RIBA Innovation Award

Groundbreaking Nanogel® translucent aerogel insulation material has received the 2004 100% Detail RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Journal Innovation Award. The award recognizes Cabot’s innovative technology for producing the translucent Aerogel material that provides “the best translucent insulation for glazing in the world.” The RIBA Journal is the official magazine of the Royal Institute of British Architects.  Groundbreaking Nanogel® translucent aerogel insulation material has received the 2004 100% Detail RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Journal Innovation Award. The award recognizes Cabot’s innovative technology for producing the translucent aerogel material that provides “the best translucent insulation for glazing in the world.” The RIBA Journal is the official magazine of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Reglit Glass Architecture Now Offering Pilkington Profilit New Glazing System With Nanogel

 Reglit Glass Architecture has been successfully installing the Pilkington Profilit glazing system within the UK and Ireland since 1982. Working with Cabot Corporation, a global manufacturer of specialty chemicals and materials, they have developed a new exciting system that provides extensive energy saving benefits to the end user while still allowing the designer to be creative.

Cabot Nanogel® Promises Unmatched Energy Savings

Kalwall Corporation: Kalwall Corporation is the leader in the field of translucent building panel systems, having invented the translucent, structural building panel. Kalwall is recognized worldwide for highly insulating, translucent panel technology.
(Photo: Kalwall Corp.) With energy prices rising around the world, maximizing thermal performance in today’s building materials is top of mind for architects, builders, and building and home owners. The emotional and ergonomic benefits of natural daylight often compromises the desire for energy efficiency. Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT) today announced that its Nanogel® translucent aerogel material, provides superior energy savings and is the best translucent insulating and lightest solid material in the world.

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Press Kit 23 September 2004

Cabot Nanogel® Translucent Areogel-Filled Light Panels Used to Create Unique Energy Efficient Domes

Cabot Nanogel® Translucent Areogel-Filled Light Panels Used to Create Unique Energy Efficient Domes “Our heads are made round, so that our thinking can change direction” – the German architect Jens Hirschberg quotes the French author, painter and illustrator Francis Picabia to underline the concept of Symball, a membrane-covered, self-supporting steel-framed dome, measuring five to 20m diameter.

Cabot Nanogel® Promises Unmatched Energy Savings

Manufactured exclusively by Cabot through its patented process, Nanogel translucent aerogel is a highly light transmissive, lightweight, nanoporous material, and is permanently hydrophobic, making it both moisture and mildew resistant. Cabot’s continuous aerogel manufacturing process based on a new technology route, is housed in the first commercial plant in Frankfurt, Germany. With energy prices rising around the world, maximizing thermal performance in today’s building materials is top of mind for architects, builders, and building and home owners. The emotional and ergonomic benefits of natural daylight often compromises the desire for energy efficiency. Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) today announced that its Nanogel® translucent aerogel material, provides superior energy savings and is the best translucent insulating and lightest solid material in the world.

Kalwall Revolutionizes Energy Saving Daylighting Systems

Nanogel® aerogel, the world's lightest and best solid insulating material, is now available with Kalwall® translucent panels. The benefits of this extraordinary product are unique insulating and energy-saving properties combined with daylighting. 

 Nanogel® aerogel, the world's lightest and best solid insulating material, is now available with Kalwall® translucent panels. The benefits of this extraordinary product are unique insulating and energy-saving properties combined with daylighting.

Revolutionary Kalwall Plus Skylights combine outstanding light transmission and insulation

Kalwall has launched new revolutionary new skylights with Cabot’s proprietary Nanogel ® translucent aerogel.  Kalwall has launched new revolutionary new skylights with Cabot’s proprietary Nanogel ® translucent aerogel. Kalwall Plus skylights offer similar insulation performance as solid roofing but with the added benefit of diffused natural daylight.

CABOT CORPORATION AND GE PLASTICS PLAN TO DEVELOP LEXAN® THERMOCLEAR® SHEET WITH NANOGEL® TRANSLUCENT AEROGEL

(Frankfurt,Germany)Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT), a leading global producer of specialty chemicals, announced today its intention to work with GE Structured Products to jointly market a LEXAN® THERMOCLEAR® multi-wall sheet filled with NANOGEL® Translucent aerogel.

Unique Kalwall® insulating and Diffuse Light Transmitting Panel Now Available to the Construction Industry in Europe

Kalwall® with Nanogel® panels offer high resistance to impact, have excellent fire retardant   
properties and are resistant to condensation, mold and mildew.

Photo: Kalwall Corporation
 Kalwall Corporation, USA, has announced that its unique Kalwall® building panels filled with Nanogel® Translucent Aerogel will be introduced for the first time in Europe at Batimat 2003 being staged in Paris, 3-8 November. Subsequently, this unique, outstanding product will be available to the construction industry in the UK through its distributor, Stoakes Systems Ltd, in the Benelux through Hermans NV-SA, and in Spain through Astrawall Iberica, S.L.

First Installation of Nanogel® Translucent Aerogel Daylighting Panels Completed In Europe.

Photo: Scobalit, Switzerland

In Europe, Nanogel® filled polyester panels were used in roofing and façade elements in a recent completed state-owned school in Zurich, Switzerland. Scobalit, Winterthur, produced roofing materials measuring 2000 x 2000mm and façade panels measuring 5000 x 2500mm, both in 50mm gauge, covering 1000m2 and 350m2 respectively.  Swiss building materials manufacturer Scobalit, has completed the first European installation of Scobatherm® Nanogel® daylighting panels filled with Nanogel® Translucent Aerogel from Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT). The panels were produced and installed by Scobalit in a school building project in Zurich.