Overcome design challenges while meeting today's strict energy and building code requirements with our newest brand of high performance insulation for the architectural daylighting market:
Because it offers unsurpassed thermal efficiency, high-quality diffused light and sound reduction, Lumira® aerogel, formerly Nanogel® aerogel, has gained wide acceptance across the US and Europe for use in highly insulated daylighting systems of all types, including:
- Structural Composite Panels
- Structural Polycarbonate Systems
- U-Channel Glass
- Insulated Glass Units
- Unit Skylights and Smoke Vents
- Tensile Structures/Fabric Roofing
Within these systems, Lumira aerogel offers architects and building owners a number of design benefits, including the ability to incorporate more daylight and optimize building aesthetics without sacrificing, but actually improving efficiency, occupant comfort and productivity. Performance benefits include:
- High light transmission – 91% per cm
- Low thermal conductivity – R-value of 8/inch (U-value of .71 W/m2K)
- Reduced solar heat gain
- Sound attenuation – reduces transmitted noise
- Permanence – resists color change, mold and mildew, and performance degradation
- Green product and manufacturing process
- Reduced building energy consumption and carbon footprint
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