SerraGlaze® Daylight Redirecting Films
SerraGlaze® Daylight Redirecting Film is a see-through, single film applied to the interior surface of new or existing windows. This thin, flexible, recyclable film contains micro-structured “louvers” that converts harsh glare into beneficial illumination by redirecting the incoming daylight upwards. The ceiling becomes a natural light fixture spreading full-spectrum natural daylight downward and throughout the space.
SerraGlaze® Daylight Redirecting Films (DRF) offer the ideal solution to enhancing daylight through windows; illuminating the room with more desirable daylight while mitigating glare and preserving the views out. As many factors affect daylighting performance such climate, location, and building design and orientation, the SerraGlaze family of DRF films offer important new Daylight, Glare and View control tuning features designed to attenuate the daylight, reduce glare, and as appropriate. Please see SerraGlaze Select and SerraGlaze Diffuse for available options. Note: SerraGlaze DRF films can replace the need for costly light shelves or other expensive or sub-optimal solutions.
SerraGlaze Select 50/60/70 Daylight Redirecting Film
SerraGlaze Select comes with a series of frit coatings enabling the selection of film most suitable in achieving recommended light levels for the space or room. The frit attenuates the amount of the natural light entering the windows, reduces glare even further, and provides a visually crisp appearance of the outdoors. Windows oriented towards the equator (South in the Northern hemisphere, North in the Southern hemisphere) typically need modest attenuation before redirecting sunlight to the ceiling. Whereas East and West facing windows--in the direction of the rising and setting sun--may need to block more of the light to avoid the glare of a low sun.
SerraGlaze-D 2/4/6/8 Daylight Redirecting Film
SerraGlaze-D (Diffuse) is designed for applications where minimizing glare is essential while attaining beneficial daylighting deep into the space. Generally, SerraGlaze-D is applied to windows that are designed for admission of sunlight but where views are not important or privacy is desired.
Currently, SerraGlaze-D is available in D-4, having a diffusion angle of ±4 degrees for a total diffusion of 8 degrees. The SerraGlaze-D film softens the redirected light by diffusing it, while reducing the ability to see the detail of objects through the window.
