Save Energy, Improve Efficiency
and Maximise Space with MicroLouvre™ 
Total Sun and Light Control

How does MicroLouvre™ work for solar control?

A very popular use for MicroLouvre™ is as a sun shading or Brise Soleil device. At dawn and dusk MicroLouvre™ provides a 38% shading factor rising to a perfect 100% shading of direct sun’s rays at 40° and above, providing cooler more comfortable conditions inside and saving energy cost.

How does MicroLouvre™ work for lighting?

When used to control or diffuse light, these micro louvres can block 100% of direct light which is angled above 40°, whilst hiding the light source when viewed from the opposite direction.

Conversely, the mesh can permit 80% transmission of light in a specific direction as required.

Standard Glass

Energy from the sun is transmitted as short wave heat radiation which radiates directly through glass and is immediately internally absorbed and re-radiated as heat by any objects inside, including blinds, transforming into long wave infrared heat which cannot easily escape. This is ‘the Greenhouse Effect’.

Each square metre of standard glass can allow 1 kilowatt of heat to pass through every hour with a massive heat gain of over 80%. 

Internal Blind

Unfortunately even internal blinds will immediately absorb the sun’s short wave heat radiation and transform this into long wave infrared heat with the heat building up between the glass and the blind and in the blind itself.

This is the well-known ‘Radiator Effect’. Internal blinds can reduce the heat gain but only to a really uncomfortable 46%. Internal Blinds drastically reduce outward vision and block ventilation and if a window is open will flap around in any breeze.

MicroLouvre™

MicroLouvre™ stops the short wave heat radiation from ever directly hitting the glass and with the special black coating absorbing the heat like a sponge, only a tiny 14% gets through to the glass with the blocked heat gain being dissipated outside.

The tiny micro louvres are almost invisible allowing clear uninterrupted outward vision and high levels of natural light, without the glare. With an 80% free passage of air, natural ventilation is still possible with windows open.

Reduce Energy Consumption

On a clear sunny day an un-shaded window can allow in 1 kilowatt per hour per square metre of glass, which is equivalent to a single bar electric fire.

MicroLouvre™ can save up to 68% air conditioning costs, due to the windows, whilst allowing the best of the natural light to pass through. The need for artificial lighting is reduced which is essential for maintaining a concept of time, space and your mental balance.