Posts by Tamir Horesh
SolarSmart™: Polycarbonate glazing that controls heat & light transmission
PALRAM’S SOLARSMART™ TECHNOLOGY defies standard transmission of solar energy in transparent sheets and allows more versatile color and solar transmission specification per project. Unlike regular tints, SolarSmart sheets and panels admit more natural daylight while reflecting outwards Infrared radiation that creates heat. This characteristic breaks the traditional link between shading coefficient and light transmission, allowing…
Read MoreProject of the Month – Hangzhou Sports Park, China
The Challenge: As China’s largest stadium project this decade, the new 400,000 square-meter Hangzhou Sports Park features a grand stadium with alternating steel and polycarbonate flower-petals encircling the bowl’s perimeter. Nestled on the banks of the Qian Tang River, not far from the East China Sea, strong winds – and even typhoons – are not…
Read MoreProject of the Month – Palsun® Pool Cover
IN NEED OF A NEW POOL COVER to replace an aging, 20-year-old system, architect R.H. Frankland and contractor Carbolite Queensland chose Palram’s Palsun polycarbonate sheets to boost daylighting, views and performance at the 19th Avenue Holiday Apartments in Palm Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. After installing the same Palsun system on the pool cover of a…
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