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WHY IS CLEARSHADE™ IGU BETTER THAN FRIT?

ClearShade™ IGU exterior glazing offers a couple of crucial advantages over frit.   ONE: NO SHADING DEVICES REQUIRED   Frit patterns are burned directly onto the glass surface during the tempering process. While the dots are opaque, the glass surface … MORE…>>

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WHY IS CLEARSHADE™ IGU BETTER THAN ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS?

A ClearShade™ glazing solution offers several advantages over electrochromic glass.   ONE: PRIVACY AND VIEWS   ClearShade™ provides privacy from a close distance while also opening up views from the inside. Building occupants have the advantages of privacy and views … MORE…>>

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PANELITE CEU HSW COURSE

Course Title: Advanced Glazing Solutions for Optimum Daylighting, Energy Performance and User Safety + Wellness   Credits: 1 AIA HSW Learning Unit   The Panelite CEU course on advanced glazing is available live by appointment or on-Demand through the CE| … MORE…>>

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EASY DAYLIGHTING ANALYSIS OF CLEARSHADE HONEYCOMB GLAZING USING LIGHTSTANZA – FREE TRIAL

  Panelite’s ClearShadeTM Honeycomb Insulated Glass Unit has been integrated into LightStanza, a web-based software platform allowing for easy and accurate daylighting analysis of building envelope solutions.   ClearShadeTM redirects light rays to transmit up to 70% daylight and substantially diffuse … MORE…>>

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CLEARSHADE™ NAMED ACCEPTABLE PATHWAY TO LEED V4 EQC DAYLIGHT

GBCI (Green Business Certification Inc.) has declared that Panelite’s ClearShade™ honeycomb technology meets the LEED requirements for diffused daylight as a way to minimize glare while maximizing usable daylight on a LEED project, a baseline requirement for the LEED v4 … MORE…>>

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WHY THIS STORYCORPS PAVILION HAS HONEYCOMB WALLS

In designing  a public pavilion for StoryCorps, MESH Architectures and MASDesign, working with Front Inc. engineers, chose Panelite ClearShade™ glazing to achieve: the ideal balance of privacy and dynamic views plentiful, diffuse daylighting solar heat control   Other design goals included … MORE…>>

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VIDEOS: DYNAMIC VIEWS AND PRIVACY WITH CLEARSHADE™ GLAZING

With Panelite ClearShade™ IGU, views are interactive and dynamic: your view depends on your position relative to the honeycomb core and to lighting conditions. Sightlines are directed through the tubular, cellular structure of the honeycomb, creating a cone of vision. … MORE…>>

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FLOATING LIGHTWEIGHT TRANSLUCENT CEILING FINS AT TARGET STORES

Target Corporation’s revamped retail store design features an installation of ceiling fins – in bright Target red – creating a visual marker over the check-out area and visible from anywhere in the store.   Target chose Panelite’s Bonded Series honeycomb … MORE…>>

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PANELITE PANELS ARE MADE OF 80% AIR: WHY DOES THIS MATTER?

HOW WE MAKE A PANEL USING 80% AIR: Panelite Bonded Series panels consist of a lightweight cellular network – a honeycomb core – in which each cell acts like the web of an I-beam when bonded to thin, translucent facings. … MORE…>>

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5 LIGHT-FILLED, COLORFUL WAYS TO USE TRANSLUCENT HONEYCOMB PANELS

Five different applications in which Panelite’s lightweight, light-transmitting honeycomb panels can be used to bring daylight and color to interiors:   Translucent Partitions. Prefabricated, frameless partition systems are easy to install and increase natural daylighting for occupant health and productivity. Backlit … MORE…>>

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