Xtralite (Rooflights) Ltd: UK distributorship for Nanogel® filled multiwall polycarbonate panels for commercial sloped glazing applications

Xtralite (Rooflights) Ltd, the UK's leading roof glazing specialist, with a solid reputation for well-designed, high quality products backed by excellent service has been appointed as distributor in the UK for Nanogel® filled multiwall polycarbonate panels for commercial glazing systems.Xtralite (Rooflights) Ltd, the UK's leading roof glazing specialist, with a solid reputation for well-designed, high quality products backed by excellent service has been appointed as distributor in the UK for Nanogel® filled multiwall polycarbonate panels for commercial glazing systems.

Cabot Nanogel® translucent aerogel shines a new light on architectural design freedom the world’s most advanced light weight daylighting insulation material to be featured at 100% detail

At 100% Detail the first installation of the Xtralite's modular rooflight system based on Nanogel-filled Lexan® Thermoclear® multi-wall sheet in a school in Meadow Wood will be showed. Architects can now achieve unique building designs with enhanced daylighting and insulation using Nanogel® translucent aerogel from Cabot Corporation. The new daylighting material and examples of new applications will be presented at the Cabot stand N° H50 at 100% Detail exhibition, 22-25 September 2005, Earl’s Court 2, London.

Nanogel® Translucent Aerogel Provides Superior Daylighting for Big Cat Exhibit

Nanogel® translucent aerogel, Cabot Corporation’s innovative daylighting material that combines high light transmission with energy efficiency, has now been used to improve the natural balance of daylight to the interior environment in a US zoo, that houses four species of large cats and one of hyena. Nanogel® translucent aerogel, Cabot Corporation’s innovative daylighting material that combines high light transmission with energy efficiency, has now been used to improve the natural balance of daylight to the interior environment in a US zoo , that houses four species of large cats and one of hyena.

Nanogel® aerogel lights up the kitchen

The latest innovative use of Nanogel® translucent aerogel is a 660 x 1220mm monopitch skylight for a new kitchen extension in south London. This is the first application of its kind in Europe. From dawn until dusk, Phil Mutter is viewing the world through a softer, warmer light since renovating and extending the kitchen in his south London home, where he recently installed a new Kalwall®+ Nanogel translucent aerogel skylight. The installation was the first of its kind in Europe.

Nanogel® translucent aerogel lights up the kitchen

The latest innovative use of Nanogel® translucent aerogel is a 660 x 1220mm monopitch skylight for a new kitchen extension in south London. This is the first application of its kind in Europe. The latest innovative use of Nanogel® translucent aerogel is a 660 x 1220mm monopitch skylight for a new kitchen extension in south London. This is the first application of its kind in Europe.

Nanogel® Transparent Aerogel Daylighting Panels Successful in First European Installation

Daylight performance

The planning documents specified a value of 0.03 - 0.05, or 3-5%, for the daylight quotient parameter. This is usually difficult to achieve on a longitudinal elevation in a sports hall with normal fenestration. In practice, and despite the occupied area of the Buchwiesen sports hall being below ground level, the daylight quotient was met over the hall’s complete area. It was even exceeded a little in the central area of the hall. EMPA tests and other research measuring the first European installation of Nanogel® translucent aerogel daylighting panels in a school sports hall in Buchwiesen, Zurich confirmed the data initially estimated by architect Arnold Amsler. The sports hall installation demonstrates even light distribution with consistent brightness and ability to maintain comfortable climatic conditions in summer and winter.

Nanogel® Aerogel from Cabot Corporation provides the right chemistry

With their versatility in format, color tints and size, the Nanogel-filled panels can also meet the design requirements of speciality building projects. Nanogel® translucent aerogel insulation material was selected by Chemist Dr. Wiesman for the roofing system of a recently completed extension to his pharmacy in Neuhausen, Switzerland.

Nanogel® Aerogel Named Best Innovative Product for Energy Savings at Bau 2005

From left to right: Bernhard Maurer, General Manager, Forum Verlag GmbH & Co KG; Peter Mayer, BDW, Publishing & Public Relations Director, Forum Verlag; Karl Cerenko, Products Editor, Deutsche Bauzeitung (db) magazine; Donald Beck, Sales & Marketing Manager Europe for Nanogel, Cabot Corporation.
 Nanogel® translucent aerogel, Cabot Corporation’s daylighting material that combines high light transmission with energy efficiency and sound insulation, was named “Best Innovative Product for Energy Savings” at Bau 2005, Germany's leading building and construction exhibition recently held in Munich. Based on feedback from Bau participants, the editors of Deutsche Architektenblatt (DAB) selected Nanogel as one of the best building products at the show designed to meet the needs of architects seeking economic solutions.

Press Kit BAU 2005

- Press Kit 17 January - 22 January 2005

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.