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…
CLEARSHADE™ NAMED ACCEPTABLE PATHWAY TO LEED V4 EQC DAYLIGHT
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…
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…
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…
PANELS ARE 80% AIR AND SELF-STRUCTURAL: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
The 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. Before bonding, both core and facing are … MORE…
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…
WILLAMETTE CENTER: AN OVERSIZED PANELITE SLIDING DOOR ADDS COLOR AND LIGHT ON A BUDGET
The Willamette Center is a shelter and service center for women and couples experiencing homelessness in Portland, Oregon. In 2016, Merryman Barnes Architects were tasked with a fast-track renovation of the building. Panelite’s Bonded Series (B-TCOT) was prominently used as … MORE…
ENERGY-EFFICIENT GLAZING THAT DOESN’T TURN DARK IN THE AFTERNOON
Panelite’s ClearShade honeycomb glazing provides outstanding solar shading AND ample diffuse daylight. Why does this matter? Most energy-saving facade glazing products control solar heat by reducing natural light - such as electrochromic glass, which turns dark in the … MORE…
DAYLIGHTING, VIEWS AND PRIVACY: FRAMELESS CONFERENCE ROOMS
Video: Maman Corp., General Contractor and Installer. Optimizing the use of existing space was a priority in remodeling the administrative offices of this company, a global leader in their industry with operations in more than 170 countries. To develop … MORE…
DAYLIGHTING, VIEWS AND SOLAR SHADING IN A SINGLE FACADE PRODUCT: CLEARSHADE AT LAKEVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL
“For Lakeview Public School we sought to control glare and solar heat gain while still providing transparency and views. We were intrigued by the ClearShade glass unit’s ability to evenly diffuse light without glare while also creating dynamic views through … MORE…
