At Gatwick Airport’s long Pier 1 which runs alongside the baggage system and gates at the London airport’s South Terminal Building, lighting with privacy and security in mind have been provided by Kalwall, with interior ambience, says the product company’s UK distributor.
Kalwall offers complete line-of-sight protection, maintaining privacy for building occupants while bathing the interior with diffused daylighting regardless of the weather. It can also be manufactured for blast resistant applications such as in airports and other sensitive public sites, or to protect workers in areas at risk from explosions, such as in refineries or industrial complexes. Apart from providing visual protection, its inherent strength makes it suitable it is claimed for secure locations. With heavy duty impact resistance properties, access through wall or rooflights can be denied while fire and most chemicals will not affect its surface, the distributor says.
Aesthetically, Kalwall can eliminate shadows and glare and the stark contrasts of light and shade. The system also can do away with the need for blinds, curtains or solar control. Even on cloudy days, it is claimed, the interior is flooded with natural daylight, which means less artificial lighting and, because Kalwall is highly insulating, energy costs are reduced. The standard Kalwall 70mm thick panel offers insulation up to 0.28W/m2K – equivalent to a cavity filled solid wall.
Apart from being specified for all types of new build project, Kalwall is the distributor adds used for the refurbishment of cladding or rooflights on aged buildings. Case studies and technical information are available from Structura UK Ltd; visit www.structura-uk.com/kalwall.
About the distributor
Structura UK is the distributor for Kalwall translucent daylight building systems for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and a supplier, fabricator and installer of glass curtain walling, rainscreens, glass atria, windows and other architectural glass building products.
