Nanogel High Performance Skylights

Wasco Skylights with Nanogel – Almost 6x the thermal value!

Wasco skylights with Nanogel® Translucent Aerogel are the highest performing daylighting product available on the market today. They are an excellent value and can substantially reduce energy costs and provide a great return on investment. Transform your daylighting applications into environmentally friendly sustainable, energy-efficient designs.

What is Nanogel?
Performance Data
Benefits of Diffused Daylighting
Available in Unit and Structural Skylights
Applications
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What is Nanogel?
Nanogel® is a major breakthrough in insulating technology. By adapting nano technology to practical everyday solutions in fenestration products, Nanogel® is able to provide a tremendous thermal insulator that is also environmentally sound. Nanogel® works so well because of what it does on a nano-scale. Nanogel® permanently stops connective, conductive, thermal transfer without an appreciable drop in light transmission.

• Superior thermal performance - 6x the thermal value of comparable skylights
• Glare-free, full spectrum diffused light
• “Green” product that’s perfect for Cradle to Cradle designs
• Completely moisture resistant
• Will not support growth of mold, mildew, or fungus
• Reduces sound transmission
• UV stable
• Performance will not deteriorate over time

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Performance Data on Wasco®  Skylights with Nanogel®

 

Thermal Performance of Unit Skylights

Polycarbonate Thickness	Light Transmission	Solar Heat Gain Coefficient	U*	R*
Clear/Nano 16mm	48	0.57	0.22	4.6

 

Sound Transmission
Unit Skylights - 70% Improvement in Sound Reduction

Skylight Type	Sound Transmission Coefficient
Standard Unit Skylight	24
Unit Skylight Insulated with Nanogel	34

 

Structural Skylights - 25% Improvement in Sound Reduction

Skylight Type	Sound Transmission Coefficient
Structural Skylight with Polycarbonate Panels	21
Structural Skylight Insulated with Nanogel	27

 

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Benefits of Diffused Daylighting
Increasing natural daylighting in buildings has long been a goal in architectural design. Studies have shown that people thrive in natural lighting; they’re healthier, happier and more productive. Also, increased daylighting designs are proven to have a positive effects such as:

• Increased productivity
• Increase in sales up to 40%
• Shown to increase learning rates (20-26%)
• Decreases absenteeism
• Promotes a healthier, happier work and educational environment

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Environmental Certification

Today, the cost of energy is driving more stringent energy code requirements and builders and architects are looking for ways to turn daylighting designs into sustainable, cost-efficient energy designs. Nanogel is the answer as the only eco-insulation for high performance skylighting.

From MBDC's perspective Nanogel® is:

“An excellent technical nutrient which provides an elegant solution to the problem of thermal and sound insulation. The finished product is consistent with the MBDC Cradle to Cradle Design philosophy”

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Available in Unit and Structural Skylights

Contact your local Commercial Representative for more information on Structural Skylights with Nanogel.

Wasco’s Unit Thermalized Solar Energy Skydomes with Nanogel -
Wasco curb-mount and deck-mount Thermalized Solar Energy Skydomes offer excellent lighting and thermal performance for both new construction and replacement applications.

• Offered in outer dome or pyramid styles
• Designed to work with any roofing material.

 

CA-NT Thermal Deck Mount		CS-NT Thermal Curb Mount
Model	R.O. of Curb	Model	O.D. of Curb
2852	22 1/4" x 46 1/4"	2852	25 1/4" x 49 1/4"
3636	30 1/4" x 30 1/4"	3636	33 1/4" x 33 1/4"
4242	37" x 37"	4242	40" x 40"
5252	46 1/4" x 46 1/4"	5252	49 1/4" x 49 1/4"
5296	46 1/4" x 89 1/2"	5296	49 1/4" x 92 1/2"

 

Thermal Performance of Unit Skylights

Polycarbonate Thickness	Light Transmission	Solar Heat Gain Coefficient	U*	R*
Clear/Nano 16mm	48	0.57	>0.22	4.6

 

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Wasco’s Sentinel Skylights with Nanogel
Nanogel® skylights are available in Wasco's Sentinel Skydome™ Skylight, an all-in-one skylight and fall protection unit providing facility managers, employers, and building owners with outstanding impact-resistant safety.

With impact resistance at a minimum 775 up to 2,200 ft. lb., without the use of metal grids or screens, the Sentinel Skydome™ Skylight meets and/or exceeds ASCE 7-95 “Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and other Structures" and OSHA 29 CFR regulations for skylight fall protection.

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Applications
Schools
Offices
Warehouse
Grocery Stores
Retail Environments
Big Box Stores & Malls