Kingspan Light + Air Translucent Walls, Windows, Skylights, and Canopy Daylighting Systems
Kingspan Light + Air is an award-winning innovator of daylighting solutions offering a wide range of translucent daylighting systems, skylights, roofing, and sunshade products.
Kingspan Light + Air has pioneered industry-leading daylighting systems for a low carbon world. Energy efficiency and a sustainable future are at the heart of innovation in an ongoing mission to combat climate change.
UniQuad® – Translucent Wall System
Kingspan Light + Air two-panel UniQuad® translucent wall system has become the benchmark for what’s possible when imagination meets innovation, enabling architects to achieve the highest levels of building performance without compromising on the aesthetic qualities of their designs.
Internal Structural Support
The concealed aluminum support members create an efficient and effective unitized system, allowing for a continuous, flush, and clean aesthetic similar to channel glass but with less weight and lower costs.
Benefits
- Longer clear spans – up to 12ft. (depending on loading conditions), minimizing costly support structures
- Unitized design – enabling fast, easy installation
- Panels are preassembled – maintaining superior quality control
- Creates a 3 tier defense systems – superior protection against water and air infiltration
Quadwall® Two-Panel Skylight System
Kingspan Light + Air two-panel Quadwall® translucent skylight system enables architects to achieve the highest levels of building performance while enhancing the environments where we work, live, and play. These skylights not only offer superior thermal performance but also provide an even distribution of glare-free, diffused natural daylight.
System Configurations
Kingspan offers a wide range of skylight options – ranging in scale from small and simple to monumental and complex. These skylights are available in a variety of standard shapes. We also collaborate with architects and designers to develop totally custom skylight systems:
- Vaults
- Ridges
- Single Slopes
- Pyramids
- Polygons
- Domes
Standard Canopies Pre-Engineered to Fit Your Budget
Kingspan Light + Air standardized systems have been pre-engineered based on specific design criteria to ensure lasting performance. The innovative clearspan design eliminates the need for cross-bracing, which opens up the space below the canopy structure to create a more comfortable and pleasant environment for pedestrians. These canopies not only provide shelter but also allow diffuse natural light to pass through, resulting in a more vibrant walkway.
System Benefits
- Design flexibility – a wide range of standard and custom finish colors, a broad selection of glazing colors, and a maximum canopy width of up to 20 ft.
- The rust-free aluminum structure offers excellent durability and system longevity.
- We are able to provide a single-source solution, supplying everything from the ground up.
- Components are shipped fully fabricated and ready to be assembled to ensure superior quality control and simplify the installation process.
- No on-site cutting, welding or painting is necessary, which reduces labor time and installation costs.
- Optional gutters and downspouts can be provided by us.
- Optional Kynar® finish is available with up to a 20-year warranty.
- An economical solution.
Low Slope Canopies – An Economical Alternative to Glass Canopies
The elegant, slim profile of the glazing panels gives the U-Lite system the sleek look of glass without the high price tag. Glass systems are often cost-prohibitive and require a more complicated installation. The simplicity of the U-Lite system and the lightweight nature of the materials enable the system to be installed quickly and with ease. The glazing material is inherently flexible and will not shatter upon high impact. The extreme durability of the U-Lite glazing panel helps to ensure the longevity of the system, curbing future costs.
Suspended Canopies
LiteBrow
Kingspan’s LiteBrow system is an extremely durable, pre-engineered attached canopy system designed to withstand a combined load of up to +/- 120 psf. These modular canopy units come in three standard sizes and are shipped fully-assembled for fast and easy installation. While all necessary connection components and hardware are provided, the hanger rods require that there be structural components at the points of attachment to the building.
These suspended canopies are available in the following standard size units:
- 5ft x 4ft
- 5ft x 8ft
- 5ft x 12ft
Major Industries has been manufacturing translucent panel skylights, canopies, and wall systems since 1980. Guardian 275® translucent panel daylighting systems are a unique combination of high-performance materials and offer a versatile and energy-saving option for wall systems, skylights, and canopies.
The sandwich panel construction consists of an aluminum grid core and two fiberglass-reinforced polymer (FRP) face sheets. These sheets allow light to pass through while reducing glare and blocking harmful UV rays, and can also eliminate the need for costly interior or exterior shading devices. The Ultimate Series™ FRP face sheet goes beyond industry standards by incorporating an enhanced resin system that withstands wide temperature fluctuations, acid rain, smog, and seismic vibration up to your specified structural limit without cracking, crazing, or shattering.
