Corporate · Chicago, IL
HBK Engineering
A South Loop engineering office combining private offices with an open plan and high daylight levels, needing glare and heat control without losing the view.
Corporate · Oak Brook, IL
Inland Real Estate
South-facing windows on two floors of a national headquarters transmitting glare severe enough to make monitor work uncomfortable throughout the day.
Project specification
- System
- SmoothMove® Manual
- Control
- Heavy duty clutch with #10 stainless steel bead chain
- Fabric
- Mermet GreenScreen Revive, 00.30 Onyx — 100% recyclable
- Openness
- 1%
- Fascia
- 4" square — Bronze
- Shade count
- 69
- Sector
- Corporate
- Location
- Oak Brook, IL
Fig. 01Background
About The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.
With more than 45 years of expertise, The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc. is an industry leader and one of the nation's largest commercial real estate and finance organizations.
The Inland Facilities national headquarters, located in Oak Brook, IL, needed an effective solar shading system for the south-facing windows located on the 2nd and 3rd levels of the office building.
The solar control challenge
The windows were transmitting extremely high levels of solar glare and UV, causing great discomfort for staff trying to use computer monitors throughout the work day. Solar heat was also a problem during the summer months.
Inland facilities management needed a solar shading system that would drastically lower glare levels while still allowing acceptable levels of daylight into the interior space. The primary objective was to provide a safe and comfortable working environment for staff.
The solution
69 Illinois Window Shade Company Clutch Roller Shade Systems were installed at the Inland office. The shades utilize a 100% recyclable, translucent fabric which provides a high level of solar control.
Each shade was fitted with Mermet GreenScreen Revive fabric in the color 00.30 Onyx. This fabric, with an openness factor of 1%, offers excellent solar control by reducing heat and glare while allowing comfortable levels of daylight into the interior due to its finely knitted weave.
Each shade system is controlled with a heavy duty clutch which makes even the heaviest shades feel light. A #10 stainless steel bead chain guides the clutch, allowing for swift but precise movement. Four-inch bronze fascia seamlessly conceals the roller shade components.
Results
The clutch roller shade systems at the Inland office do a fantastic job of protecting staff from the harmful effects of the sun while allowing acceptable levels of daylight into the interior.
Not only is the GreenScreen fabric environmentally friendly, it is also the right fabric to decrease solar heat and glare, giving employees an opportunity to perform their best in a comfortable environment.
Fig. 03Related
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