Kalwall

Kalwall Utilizes Award-Winning, Environmentally Friendly Nanogel^® Aerogel Insulation

With over half a century of development, innovation and leadership in daylighting technology, Kalwall Corporation continues to offer the ideal solution to daylighting any space. Kalwall has long been a world leader in the “green” movement and utilizes Nanogel insulation in their Kalwall+ Nanogel translucent sandwich building panels. Whether used as wall, window or Skyroof^™, with various densities of this super-insulating, light-transmitting aerogel, Kalwall+ Nanogel systems offer insulating values up to R-20 (U = .05) and light transmissions to 20%.

In addition to being an energy-efficient building material, Cabot Corporation's Nanogel Aerogel is also environmentally friendly and recyclable - a fact recognized by MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry), which recently awarded Cabot's Nanogel aerogel product with its coveted “Cradle-to-Cradle” Technical Nutrient certification.

A leading indicator of environmental excellence in product design, the C2C certification recognizes the ability to fully recover and reuse Nanogel aerogel material for multiple industrial lifecycles. To date, only 15 products carry the C2C certification.

“The C2C certification now allows Nanogel to be seen as an industrial material that protects the environment because it leaves zero waste,” says Jim Satterwhite, global business manager for Cabot's Nanogel Construction segment. “Nanogel's superior thermal performance and light transmission properties have already established it as a proven energy-efficient building material,” he adds.

MBDC's C2C certification process includes a thorough evaluation of a product's ingredients, its complete formulation process for human and environmental health impacts throughout its lifecycle, and its potential for being truly recycled. Certification of a finished product also requires the evaluation of energy-use quantity and quality (i.e., relative proportion of renewable energy), water-use quantity, water-effluent quality, and workplace ethics associated with manufacturing.