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Kalwall Translucent Daylighting Systems In The News
Kalwall is used in a multitude of new projects throughout the
world, and many times Kalwall technology and projects are covered
by the worldwide press. The following is a sampling of recent features,
articles and awards.
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DOMINO'S PIZZA IN UK WINS BREEAM 'EXCELLENT' AWARD WITH KALWALL
Designed to the highest environmental standards, and featuring a Kalwall translucent wall, a new industrial building in the UK for Domino's Pizza has achieved a BREEAM 'Excellent' rating. The production and distribution facility will help the company to achieve its goal of opening 1200 stores by 2021 in the UK. Colored LED lighting reflects through the Kalwall to form the company logo. Get the full story from Buildingtalk.
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KALWALL NAMED 2010 LEAN & GREEN PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Business NH Magazine has announced the results of their Third Annual Lean & Green Awards. The judged competition honors New Hampshire companies for their green practices, buildings and products that demonstrate how being sustainable yields big savings and efficiencies. Kalwall's Translucent Building Systems were voted Green Product of the Year.
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HURRICANE-RESISTANT WINDOWS CERTIFIED TO TAS AND ASTM STANDARDS
Kalwall E-Series Windows, which allow integration of clear vision glass with translucent panels, are now certified to TAS 201, 202, and 203 as well as ASTM E1886 and E1996 in fixed and project-out sash models. Get the full story on Kalwall E-Series Windows.
KALWALL CONFORMS TO EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES
Kalwall Corporation's Building Systems are the first translucent construction product allowed to carry the CE mark. The CE mark indicates a product conforms to EC Directives and may, therefore, be traded freely within the European Union and among certain members of the European Free Trade Association.
Kalwall is unique. The company manufactures its own face sheets for these innovative, translucent, fiberglass/aluminum composite sandwich panel building systems. A special face sheet material was developed by Kalwall, which complies with European standards.
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BUILDING OF AMERICAN GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNER
 
Adelphia University in Garden City, New York, is receiving recognition as a Building of America Gold Medal Award recipient. Architect Cannon Design incorporated a translucent wall system by Kalwall in the renovation and expansion of two historic campus buildings. Adelphia University's Centers for Sport and Performing Arts consolidates previously dispersed academic departments and enlivens the campus' east side through the creation of a vibrant quadrangle.
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SASAKI ASSOCIATES-DESIGNED WILDCAT RECREATION CENTER IS A WINNER
Recreation Management magazine has recognized the Sasaki Associates-designed Wildcat Recreation Center at California State University, Chico with an Innovative Architecture & Design Award. In addition, the project is expected to earn a LEED® Silver rating from the USGBC. The design emphasizes daylighting by Kalwall and the use of sustainable materials. The Kalwall Wall System and Panel-Unit Wall System feature: U-value of 0.14 BTU/hr/ft2/°F (0.78 W/m2K), 15% Light Transmission, 4 ft (1220 mm) module and Kalwall HC2000 sash. Read the full story here. Additionally, Athletic Business' annual Architectural Showcase issue features this project in a 2-page spread.
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NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY IS ENVIRONMENTALLY DRIVEN!
According to The Guardian, ''Northumbria is one of the leading lights in the UK higher education arena, an expanding, multicultural learning community with unrivalled links with industry and commerce". The largest of Northumbria's campuses, the City Campus East, houses the School of Design, Law and Business, built on the old Warner Cinema site, recycled a staggering 95% of material from the old structure. The Atkins Design Studio design is environmentally driven with extensive daylighting from a translucent Kalwall Wall System. View a 360-degree panorama.
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SOFT DAYLIGHT FROM KALWALL CLERESTORY ADDS TO NORTH CAROLINA PARK SYSTEM'S FIRST LEED-RATED BUILDING
Natural beauty is what draws people to Frank Harmon Architect's Merchants Millpond State Park in Gatesville, N.C. The visitor center's exhibition space in this LEED® Gold candidate features dioramas and display boards arranged on a wide-plank floor made from reclaimed heart pine. Light filters into the space through translucent Kalwall clerestory windows on the northwest wall. Take a look at this interesting Architect magazine article...
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KALWALL SYSTEMS PROVIDE MUSEUM-QUALITY DAYLIGHTING™ WORLDWIDE - HYATT HOTEL, INDIA
Kalwall and Illuminacion Natural partnered to manufacture and install a monumental Skyroof™ system at the new Hyatt Hotel in Hyderabad, India. This is another impressive John Portman and Associates design.
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KALWALL DAYLIGHTS SPORTS ICON
Rising above the Palouse Hills of northern Idaho, the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center is an icon for both the University of Idaho and the state. Honored as this nation's outstanding structural engineering achievement in 1976, the Dome was daring and innovative in concept and execution. The Kibbie Dome is more than the home of Championship Football and Basketball in Idaho; it is one of only 2 on-campus, Division 1 indoor stadiums in the USA. The renovation and expansion received strong support across the state and beyond. Kalwall is proud of it's role in daylighting this impressive facility.
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DAYLIGHTING IN SCHOOL GYMNASIUMS
Daylighting design in a school gymnasium has many challenges, not the least of which is glare. Joel Sims, AIA, presents an informative article on the subject of coping with glare, skylight leakage issues and other concerns at schooldesigner.com. He considers the possibilities of translucent skylights and wall systems from Kalwall Corporation.
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DUBAI METRO HOPS THE KALWALL EXPRESS
 
Phase two of the $4.2 billion Dubai Metro is nearly completed. Kalwall+ Nanogel® Wall Systems insulate the 300-foot-long, highly climate-controlled maintenance and train servicing buildings at both ends of each rail line against the desert's extreme solar heat gain while still allowing natural daylight into the cavernous spaces of the Rashidya Depot designed by UK-based Aedas Architects. Learn more.
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KALWALL HELPS TURN MOTHBALLED POWER PLANT INTO A GREEN SCHOOL
Sears Roebuck and Company vacated their Chicago campus in the early 1990s. The current owner, the Homan Arthington Foundation, partnered with architectural firm Farr Associates in transforming the mothballed powerhouse into the Charles H. Shaw Technology and Learning Center: Henry Ford Academy Power House High – a green charter school. According to Architect magazine, "Architects chose to replace the aging glass panels in the ribbon of skylight of the great hall with translucent panels from Kalwall. These panels have a 50% light transmission, which reduces glare and heat gain into the space while also refracting the light to better diffuse through the entire double-height room. The panels also improve the U-value and efficiency of the skylight significantly over the original single-pane glass." Farr submitted enough credits to achieve LEED® Platinum, and the final rating will be handed down in the coming months. The school received the 2009 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Project of the Year, and Midwest Construction named it the K-12 Education Project of the Year. Builder Pepper Construction received an Aon Build Amercia Award, an annual ranking of the nation's most significant construction projects. Read the entire article and view a slide show of before and after photos.
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KALWALL+ NANOGEL LIGHTS UP THE ARMY
"...The new Greenlief Armed Forces Reserve Center in Hastings, Nebraska, has been designed and built to take advantage of all the latest developments in daylighting and energy-saving technology. Architects RDG Planning & Design were asked to draft a modern facility with as much natural daylight as possible. They designed the building to include extensive areas of glazing for the assembly, main corridors and repair centers. However, although this would let in plenty of light, it would also let in unwanted glare and heat from solar gain. There was also the problem of insulation and energy saving in temperatures which ranged from -30°F in winter to over 100°F in summer. To help solve this problem, RDG turned to the daylighting experts at the Kalwall Corporation..." Get the whole story.
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KALWALL FURTHERS THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT
Daylighting any space is both an art and a science. Kalwall, through the use of their revolutionary daylight modeling services, can show you the way to better illuminate any space and eliminate costly design mistakes. Read more from American School & University October 2009 about the benefits of daylight modeling: a site-specific simulation that aids the process of intelligent daylighting design.
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RIVERBEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCORES BIG WITH DAYLIGHTING
Kalwall daylighting optimizes this K-8 school's energy performance with natural, diffused light. Designed by Nacht & Lewis Architects, Riverbend Elementary in Yuba City exceeded the energy requirements of California Title 24 by better than 30% and scored 38 points in the Collaborative for High Performing Schools rating system. Learn more.
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DAYLIGHTING THE BIG LEAGUES
The featured road test in Car and Driver's August 2009 issue is on the redesigned Ford Taurus strategically photographed outside Ford Field, the indoor football stadium currently home to the NFL's Detroit Lions. Shot at twilight, the massive Kalwall Translucent Wall System illustrates how interior lighting generates a warm, inviting, nighttime glow through the translucent Kalwall. Notice the interesting architectural effect of the building's structure visible in shadow form. Aaron Kiley Photographer.
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BUILDINGS MAGAZINE SELECTS VERTI-KAL™ FOR TOP 100 PRODUCTS
This unique vertical variation of the traditional Kalwall Wall System was featured in the June 2009 issue of Buildings. More photos and information on Verti-Kal.
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MARTHA STEWART FEATURES “GREEN” SKI CHALET AND KALWALL+ NANOGEL®
In building their new ski chalet in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, “minimizing their impact on the environment by using sustainable building materials and energy-saving features was a priority.” Architect Holly Ross and the homeowners tried to take advantage of the sun as much as possible. As Martha Stewart recounted in her televised feature, “They wanted lots of natural light to flood through their 3-level house. But big windows often result in big heat losses. So instead of using conventional glass for the large windows above the living area, they opted for a cutting-edge product called Kalwall. A translucent gel held inside sheets of fiberglass in an aluminum frame, it allows the light in while keeping the cold out.” The Kalwall+ Nanogel clearstory, stretching from one end of the house to the other, was a success. As the homeowner describes, “It's almost like a wall, but it allows light to come in so we don't have to turn the lights on most days.”
More information on Kalwall+ Nanogel.
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KALWALL CHOSEN IN BRAND PREFERENCE STUDY
Readers of Architect chose Kalwall as Brand Leader for Translucent Wall and Roof Systems, according to the magazine's first annual Brand Preference Study published in their January issue. Kalwall was the preferred brand in all four categories - Brand Familiarity, Brand Speced/Used in Past 2 Years, Brand Speced/Used the Most and Highest Quality Rating. View the results.
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SECURITY AND DAYLIGHTING AT GLASGOW AIRPORT
 The new Glasgow Airport terminal expansion, designed by 3DReid "features.. Kalwall, a highly insulating material... amongst the most energy efficient in the world" that allows "natural light to flood the terminal, reducing the need for artificial lighting and heating." Noted 3DReid's Nigel Ostime, "Natural daylight had been optimzed to improve both the quality of the spaces and... energy efficiency... Windows were not an option for the security search area, so the façade is clad in [Kalwall]... preventing glare and solar gain." Kalwall was specified for its safety and security properties and engineered to meet the local blast-resistant requirements. Learn more.
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KALWALL FEATURED ON COVER OF AS&HF
 The large Kalwall canopy at the emergency entrance of Fairview Medical Center in Maple Grove, Minnesota, designed by HGA Architects & Engineers, was featured on the September/October cover of American School & Hospital Facility.
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DAYLIGHTING AT 50 BELOW
  The 354th Fighter Wing was nothing short of amazed. Even in North Pole, Alaska, the interior side of the Kalwall+ Nanogel panels daylighting the Eielson Air Force Base fitness center addition was warm. In addition to saving energy, the Kalwall system's extreme insulating properties allow year-round training on the track, and in the indoor group sports area and weight-lifting rooms. This far north, in winter, Kalwall+ Nanogel also brings in and maximizes scarce daylight. And at a military base, Kalwall's DoD safety and anti-terrorism rating is always a plus. Click on the photos to see larger versions.
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YALE ART BUILDING WITH KALWALL+ NANOGEL® CURTAINWALL IS 2008 AIA TOP TEN GREEN PROJECT
 "...a beautiful daylight interior space..."
"...a really elegant and high-performing project..."
"We were smitten with...the beauty and responsiveness to the Yale campus context."
These were just some of the jurors' comments about the Yale Sculpture Building and Gallery, as they named it an AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Project for 2008. Learn more about this unique use of Kalwall curtainwall.
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