advertorial Bluescope Steel
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reducing the glare
Sanctuary Shopping Centre near Strand , Cape Town in South Africa , proudly wears its Clean COLORBOND ® ULTRA MATT in colour Latte Matt . Note the eco-sensitive wetland area and surrounding housing estate , with Clean COLORBOND ® roofing incorporating THERMATECH™ technology .
Well known multi-national steel company , BlueScope , recently came up with an elegant solution to the problem of glare . At Abacus ’ recently completed Sanctuary Shopping Centre project near Strand , Cape Town , it was necessary to introduce an environmentally sensitive steel roofing material that would not upset the wildlife on the vlei , or residents of the neighbouring eco residential development , De Velde . Planned around an existing water feature and waterfowl habitat , the design presented certain environmental challenges .
With the launch of its new product , Clean COLORBOND ® MATT steel ( available in versions AZ150 or AZ200 – a . k . a . Clean COLORBOND ® ULTRA MATT ), BlueScope has directly addressed the problem of specular reflection . This has been done by changing from a gloss to a matt finish , promoting diffuse reflection and reducing specular reflection . The matt finish does not affect the products ’ well documented thermal performance in the infrared part of the spectrum . In fact , the SRI parameters are essentially the same . AD