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The slim profiles of the Velux Modular Skylights blend harmoniously into the elegant architecture of the ‘Les Bains des Docks’ swimming centre.
Glass roofing

Velux Modular Skylights for the swimming centre in Le Havre

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Around 400 Velux Modular Skylights were installed as part of extensive renovation work on the ‘Les Bains des Docks’ swimming centre in Le Havre. The daylight solution was chosen because of its corrosion-resistant materials and maintenance-free components, which are ideal for humid environments, according to the planners.

DSL-type fall-through protection made of galvanised safety wire mesh with a mesh size of 90 x 100 mm ensures safe access to the roof.
Velux Commercial

These continuous rooflights provide plenty of daylight in industrial halls

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The requirements for energy efficiency and attractive working conditions are also becoming increasingly stringent in industrial buildings. This is why the Horsch company opted for a high level of natural lighting in its new production hall in Ronneburg, Germany, as provided by a skylight solution with very good thermal insulation values. Here are the details.

Topic of the Week: Sun shading

Versatile slatted roofs enhance an already great rooftop bar

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The Rooftop bar in Öhringen in south-western Germany now has slatted roofs that ensure a pleasant climate in any weather and blend seamlessly with the bar's aesthetic. Find out how the advanced design, integrated drainage system and the swift installation process make the Qube 23 by Erhardt Outdoor Living a standout solution for high-end outdoor spaces.

Glossary

Building envelope

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The building envelope is that part of a building that separates the exterior of the building from the interior.

The successful entrepreneur family Strunz.
Roof windows and skylights

Highest turnover in the history of Lamilux as a company

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The German family business Lamilux can look back on a successful 2022 financial year. Despite numerous challenges, turnover increased by 17 per cent last year and was the highest in the company's history. Read the details here.

Going solar

sedak massively expands solar roof of production facility

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The specialist for oversized glass has set itself the goal for 2023 to gradually transition to more environmentally friendly production. And that not only since the energy prices been going through the roof.

The HiLo unit sits like a crown on the top platform of the NEST research building on the Empa campus in Dübendorf (Switzerland).
Vetrotech fire-resistant glass for ETH's NEST research building

Fire-resistant glass can be really special

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The HiLo structure on the roof of the NEST building at ETH Zurich in Dübendorf shows how to get by with very few building materials: the lightweight construction impresses with its innovative design and self-learning building technology. Precisely manufactured fire protection glass provides the necessary safety.

The Modular Skylights are arranged symmetrically on 800 square metres of roof surface. Thanks to prefabrication and modular construction, the installation of the 200 modules was completed in just five days.
Velux:

Future-proof lighting and ventilation with Velux Modular Skylights

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As part of a lighting and ventilation concept for the new UK Hydrographic Office building in Taunton, England, the building was fitted with 200 Velux Modular Skylights on the roof of the atrium.

Paris:

Facade that breaks up sound waves from rail traffic

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An undulating zinc facade is one of the most striking and surprising features of an office building in the Pont de Flandre district of Paris.  With its special shape, the undulating facade contributes to sound insulation...

To allow water and snow to run off easily, the VELUX windows protrude slightly above the facade.
Project of the month:

An alpine hut like a pinnacle

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When the weather is fine, mountain hikers in the South Tyrolean part of the Zillertal Alps can spot a special object from far away. Long before they arrive at the Trippachsattel at an altitude of around 3030 m above sea level, they see how a high irregular hexagon reflects the sunlight.

The translucent material changes with the weather during the day and is illuminated when it gets dark.
Messe Düsseldorf:

New entrance spanned by glass fibre membrane

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formTL engineers will be realising the entrance Neue Messe Süd trade fair grounds in Düsseldorf with a canopy covered in a membrane made of glass fibre.

Glossary

U-Value

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The U-value assesses the rate of heat loss or gain through all the layers of the combined elements that make up a building component such as a wall, floor or roof.

The in-roof system allowed integrating the PV into the historic structure of the building.

PV Power roof for historical building in Switzerland 

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On the outskirts of the small village of Affoltern in the Swiss canton of Bern, an old listed building was completely renovated. Now electricity and heating is completely provided by the solar panels of the new roof. Here the details.