– MechoShade Systems, Inc. has just announced it will provide their Automated Solar Shading System with AAC SolarTracTM and new Daylighting Manager System for the New York Times's new Manhattan headquarters to be located on Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Street, near Times Square...
For more info:
www.archinect.com/temp/Mecho_NYT_RLS_FINAL.doc
www.archinect.com/temp/AACsolartracNYT.pdf
Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with Fox & Fowle Architects is designing the building, with interiors by Gensler and HVAC engineers Flack and Kurtz. The building's shade system, the AAC SolarTracTM with the new Daylighting Manager Window ManagementTM system, will automatically adjust the window shade position in accordance with the angle of the rays of the sun resulting in reduced heat gain, control of solar ray penetration and overall environmental sustainability.
"We are honored to have been chosen to work on this prestigious project," says MechoShade President Jan Berman. "We look forward to the opportunity to show how our Window ManagementTM and automated shade products are not only a viable means with which to implement a daylighting system in a cost effective and sustainable way, but that it also contributes to an overall positive environmental impact."
After meticulous research into both the environmental and long-term economic benefits of harnessing natural light, the New York Times chose MechoShade Systems for the company's groundbreaking technological innovations, which provide long-term sustainable daylighting management. Research and testing was provided by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) on the mock up built at the site of the New York Times's printing plant in Queens, NY. The research from this prototype project concluded that the best solution for the building's ultra-clear, water white glass facade, was an automated solar shading system that would provide glare control, employee comfort and energy conservation.
The research and subsequent specification of MechoShade's shading systems at this early point in the building's development signals new thinking about the importance of shading systems and how they interact within the building's subsystems.
About AAC SolarTrac
The AAC SolarTrac with MechoShade's new Daylighting Manager Module is a software-based control system using open loop technology, rooftop total solar radiometers and window area daylight brightness sensors. This groundbreaking system monitors the sun's path as it moves across the sky (AAC SolarTrac) as well as the brightness of the window wall (Daylight Module) as the solar position and brightness changes throughout the day, the season, and year.
The energy-conserving system is an integral part of a window management strategy that will maximize view and daylight and minimize excessive brightness and glare in building interiors. The AAC SolarTrac system also accounts for the momentary position of the solar ray; the window's geometry and orientation; solar optical properties of the glazing; allowable solar ray penetration; BTU load; micro climactic sky conditions (sunny or cloudy); and the relative surface brightness of the window wall. The system then adjusts the shades on the windows accordingly.
About MechoShade Systems:
MechoShade, headquartered in Long Island City, NY, is the leading provider of window management solutions to architects and interior designers. Launched in 1969, MechoShade grew quickly by responding to the demand from architects and commercial building owners for an energy-efficient window management system during the energy crises of the 1970s. Today, the company markets a wide range of window shading systems using visually transparent cloth, including the AAC SolarTracTM, the hugely successful ThermoVeil® and EuroVeil® shadecloth lines, and the recently launched sustainable PVC free EcoVeil”° line of shade cloth. www.mechoshade.com
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