Berwick, Pa.-based Acurlite Structural Skylights teamed with SAGE Electrochromics Inc., Faribault, Minn., to offer a technically advanced skylight that offers both sun and shade. At the flip of a switch, natural daylight can be automatically tinted to shade the room. The skylight also incorporates photovoltaic panels into the system to offer an alternate source of energy to power the electrochromic glass.
The customer, at 100 W. Putnam in Stamford, Conn., received a 30- by 85-foot (9- by 26-m) double pitch skylight that is located over an office space where the demand for natural daylight is high, but it is also crucial for the people occupying the space to be able to control the glare and heat gain from the natural daylight.
The heavy-duty commercial skylight was the perfect fit for providing natural daylight within the space, while the SAGE electrochromic glass gave the occupants the ability to tint areas of the space to reduce glare and heat gain. Photovoltaic panels from Suntech America, San Francisco, were glazed into the system to give the electrochromic glass an alternative source for energy.
Acurlite Structural Skylights
SAGE Electrochromics Inc.
Suntech America
