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SolaLighting Limited
Sola House, 17 High Street, Olney, MK46 4EB
Tel: 0845 4580101 (local rate) or 01234 241466
Fax: 01234 241766
Email: daylight@solatube.co.uk
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Solatube Daylighting systems selected for Hyde Group's 'Retrofit and Replicate' eco project
In an effort to move towards meeting the government’s targets for an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions, the Hyde Group selected one of its dwellings, a three bedroom house in Mottingham, South East London in need of refurbishment, and renovated it using the latest products designed to increase its energy efficiency.
The Hyde Group is a leading provider of affordable housing, owning or managing over 40,000 homes, operating predominantly in London and the South East of England. They provide housing, regeneration and related services to over 120,000 people so it will be vital to ensure that products used in any refurbish work contribute towards meeting these targets.
To this end, Hyde Homes are using technologies such as Solatube Daylighting Systems to improve the living conditions of its many service users and meet the governments CO2 targets.
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Solatube serves up a lighter pint!
When speciality beer makers Otter Brewery decided to create a new underground eco cellar, they soon realised that the advantages of the sub-subterranean location would also present them with a problem – no daylight.
Otter Brewery contacted Solatube to discuss the options for daylighting the new cellar — a mission that became even more challenging when it became apparent that there was no access to the roof to pipe the daylight in.
Read more about how Solatube and Otter Brewery overcame the issues and brought daylight into the heart of the state-of the-art brewing facility.
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Did you know ... electric lighting can account for up to 70% of a building's energy use?
It's a little known fact that electric lighting can be responsible for the majority of the energy costs in a commercial or public building. And it’s not just the energy required to run the lighting, it’s the cooling that is required to combat the additional heating that this lighting generates.
Solatube daylighting devices allow designers and specifiers to incorporate simple technologies into new and existing building designs that reduce energy costs from the moment they are installed. Find out how you can dramatically reduce energy costs – and emissions – with Solatube daylighting devices.
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Solar Star solar-powered ventilation
delivers a mighty blow to passive stack systems
With
non-mechanical ventilation becoming a must-have on virtually all
new build and refurbishment projects, Solatube presents the solar-powered
alternative Solar Star.
Solar
Star is driven by natural light sunlight, which coincidentally
is the cause of most unwanted heat (solar gain) in buildings, and
the more the sun heats up a building, the harder Solar Star works
to remove that unwanted hot air.
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tests prove flexible light pipes are no match for rigid systems
With recent entries to the daylighting market from a number of
providers of products using flexible rather than rigid tubes, the
Building Research Establishment undertook tests to compare the relative
light transmittance of the Solatube®
rigid pipe system to that of the Velux Sun Tunnel and Sola Skylights
Sky Tunnel, both of which use flexible tubes.
The results are illuminating!
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We are extremely
proud to announce that Solatube® Daylighting
Systems have been awarded the coveted BBA Certificate of Approval.
This makes Solatube®
the only rigid tubular daylighting system to hold a BBA certificate.
The award follows over two years of thorough testing into all aspects
of the product. It's also one the first products to achieve the
new style certificate from the BBA.
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BRE Test Report
248038 compares Solatube®
330DS with Monodraught SunPipe
When you're specifying
a light pipe it's not always easy to cut through all of the sales
jargon to determine which product is the best for your project.
Well hopefully this should make things easier.
Recent testing at the UK Buildling Research Establishment (BRE)
has shown that the Solatube® 330 DS Daylighting System (530mm
diameter) is up to 20% more efficient at delivering light than the
Monodraught 530mm diameter SunPipe. Tests were carried out in overcast
and simulated sunlight conditions with the Solatube® Daylighting
System delivering consistently better results.
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Comparing tubular daylighting devices?
As the world-renowned innovator of daylighting systems, Solatube®
provides a compelling alternative to artificial lighting, bringing
the benefits of brilliant, natural light to both new and existing
buildings while at the same time reducing energy costs and consumption.
But how do you ensure you are getting the most efficient system?
Solatube® uses the most advanced technologies
in every daylight system to ensure that efficiency and performance
is unrivalled. One of Solatube's key features is its exclusive,
super-reflective tube material... even small differences in a tube's
reflective value will make a significant difference to the amount
light delivered.
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Daylight Systems bring a range of benefits to BP
BP is one of the world's largest energy companies, providing its
customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light,
retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items.
It aims to lessen its environmental impact in a number of ways and
where appropriate looks to utilise innovative technology.
As part of this aim, BP recently installed thirty-one Solatube®
290DS Daylight Systems in conjunction with a DALI interactive lighting
system at a new flagship store in Hampshire. BP is trialing the
two systems with the objective of reducing energy consumption as
part of its drive to reduce CO2 emissions at its UK retail sites.
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Solatube® delivers
gold medal Olympic performance
Billed as the 'Green Olympics', the organisers of Beijing 2008
are boasting a host of energy saving technologies in the construction
specifications of the various sporting venues for this summer's
games.
As part of the drive to lower emissions, 148 Solatube®
Daylight Systems have been installed into the roof of the massive
new 8,000 seat gymnasium built to stage the Judo and Taekwondo events
during the coming weeks.
With tube lengths in excess of eight meters, only Solatube's 99.7%
reflective tubing was considered to be up-to-the-job of delivering
enough light to satisfy the needs of both athletes and spectators.
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Solatube® Daylight
Systems fuel BP's drive to reduce carbon footprint
Seventeen Solatube®
Daylight Systems were installed as part of a trial at BP's site
in Childs Way, in Milton Keynes, in the retail and back office areas.
Jason McMenamin, BP's maintenance co-ordinator comments:
"Installing the Solatubes has the potential to help us to
reduce our carbon footprint. In addition, the use of daylight rather
than electric light creates a better place for our customers to
shop and our staff to work."
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Environment Agency sees daylight for
saving energy
The Environment Agency has installed Solatube®
Daylight Systems to bring daylight to windowless areas.
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Registered in England, 6 Corunna Court,
Corunna Road, Warwick, CV34 5HQ
Registration no 3938764
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