Daylighting application

Daylighting Application Almeco daylighting Daylighting systems take many forms, from grand architecural atria and light capturing apertures solutions and vaults to encapsulated reflective window blinds. One thing common to most of these systems is reflective material. Essential for re-directing and distributing light, high reflectance materials are at the heart of almost every daylighting project. Thanks not only to its optical properties, which can be varied and shaped to give glare free efficiency, but also due to its ductility, lightness and resistance to corrosion, high reflectance Aluminium...

have been developed specially for the energy saving market and in particular for light pipe applications. Almeco has adopted light pipe technology in its head office building in Milan, using formability of the to maximise efficiency in bringing light to its corridors. The ready material and its durability combined with its excellent optical characteristics to make it the material of choice for light pipe manufacturer. Key optical properties It is clear that the higher the total reflectance of the material making up the light pipe, the better will in a light pipe be its output. What may not be...

Maintained high reflection at different incident angles. The total reflectance of usually measured according to the European standard (DIN 5036 part 3) which measures at <10 degrees from the vertical, at which angle total reflection values of about 98.5% are found. Measuring to the US specification ASTM E-1651 with the Technidyne TR2 instrument at 30 degrees from the vertical shows values of 99%. As the angle moves further away from the vertical the reflectance increases. This seems hardly possible with a 98.5% reflective product, but measurements of mirror reflection with specular gloss meters...

PROTECTIVE AND REFLECTIVE LAYERS BONDING LAYER ANODIZED ALUMINIUM SUBSTRATE Coating system diagram vega98® Total reflectance [%] ASTM E 1651 DIN 5036-3 Light pipes scheme Specular reflectance [%] 60° long 60° trans Mechanical Alloy Reflection layer Durability tests Test Reflectance Reflectance before [%] after [%] Humidity resistance L*, a*, b*, values before UV 99.8, - 0.1; + 0.4 test after UV test

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