3S Solar Block transparent coating eliminates heat gain and glare as it transmits high visible light levels Greenbuild 2010 Booth #1730 CANTON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Translucent daylighting systems by Duo-Gard Industries Inc. can now integrate 3S Solar Block, a high-performance transparent coating for solar control. Applied to the interior cells of Duo-Gard’s multiwall polycarbonate glazings, the spectrally selective coating transmits the entire spectrum of high visible light while eliminating UV and infrared rays. This allows architects and designers to include more daylighting with skylights, clerestories, curtainwalls and canopies in all types of facilities, while reducing operating costs for lighting, heating and cooling as well as improving the interior environment – all elements of LEED compliance. Daylighting is an increasingly critical component of sustainable building. Beginning with 1999’s landmark studies by California’s Heschong-Mahone Group, the benefits of daylighting have been documented in schools, offices and retail stores with lower energy costs, increased sales and higher human productivity. However, with traditional transparent daylighting there’s the downside of high solar heat gain and disruptive glare. Duo-Gard’s custom daylighting systems feature translucent polycarbonate technology that integrates high thermal values with high diffuse light transmission.
