9 Mar 2004
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 Plus skylights offer similar insulation performance as solid roofing but with the added benefit of diffused natural daylight.
The introduction of Nanogel® aerogel into the standard Kalwall® system means that it can provide as much energy savings as a solid roof and allows daylight into areas where glazing may not otherwise be used.
With an achievable ‘U’ value of 0.29 W/m2K, Kalwall® Plus is four times better than insulating glass units. And, unlike glass, Kalwall® Plus skylights with Nanogel aerogel eliminate shadows, glare and hot spots, while radically reducing maintenance time and cost.
The UK’s first Kalwall Plus skylight with Nanogel® aerogel project is a domestic skylight application in London. The product was sourced through the internet by a customer seeking a larger area of skylighting than possible using other alternatives now available in the marketplace, under existing energy-saving regulations.
Kalwall Plus skylights with Nanogel are available in 70mm thick panels in standard units ranging from 1220 wide x 1830 to 3660mm in length. Units are available from Stoakes Systems Ltd, UK (Tel: +44 208 660 7667) www.stoakes.co.uk or from Kalwall in the USA: www.kalwall.com
Reader enquiries
Cabot Corporation
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B-3001 Leuven
Belgium
Notes for editors
Stoakes Systems Ltd.
Stoakes Systems, established for over 35 years as a designer, manufacturer and installer of cladding, curtain walling and roof glazing systems are the exclusive UK distributors of Kalwall.
Since being introduced to the UK in 1997, Kalwall has been successfully specified by Architects on a huge variety of projects.
Kalwall Corporation
Kalwall Corporation, based in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, is the leader in the field of translucent building panel systems, having invented the translucent structural building panel in 1955. For further information visit: www.kalwall.com
Cabot Corporation
Cabot Corporation is a global specialty and materials company and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Cabot’s major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colourants, capacitor materials sub-micron and fine particles, comprising carbon, metals and metal oxides. Cabot has approximately 4,200 employees in 45 manufacturing plants located in 25 countries around the world.
Nanogel® is a trade mark of Cabot Corporation
For Reader enquiries:
Stoakes Systems Ltd
Richard Stoakes
Tel: +44 20 86 60 76 67
Kalwall Corporation
Bruce Keller
Tel: +1 603 627 38 61
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Kalwall has launched new revolutionary new skylights with Cabot’s proprietary Nanogel ® translucent aerogel.
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