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terms of sun control and Green Building rating points. Woven metal mesh fabrics reduce solar-generated heat gain, while providing lighting benefits within a building.
The best way to control the solar heat gain of a building is to intercept the sun before it enters. Metal fabrics provide attractive design elements while attaining desired sun shading and daylighting effects. Energy is saved by reducing the need for interior lighting and air-conditioning.
With increasing advancement and benefits of sustainable building, metal fabrics allow architects to easily address the challenge of creating appealing designs while addressing solar management. Metal fabrics
are inherently durable and long lasting, but they are more than just resilient to time and weather. Metal fabrics on a number of levels, including boosting the environmental friendliness of a building, improve the function of a façade.
Metal fabrics have been tested in conjunction with a constant glazing for their solar properties in order to calculate an architect’ s specified glazing values. This allows the architect to determine the total façade solar heat gain coefficient. Since the fabrics have been tested, the architect can measure the solar heat gain coefficient before specifying a product, preventing any unnecessary design processes.
Contact GKD South Africa to discuss the exciting and innovative architectural benefits that the use of metal fabrics in building design provide.
011 412 4770 www. gkd. co. za cathy. vanblerk @ gkd. co. za
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