Issue eight
DaylightingNews from HomeTech Solatube®
News, reviews & project information for Architects, building designers and specifiers
Making Specification Easy!
NEW! Lift Out
IN THIS ISSUE
NEW! From FAKRO
Four Great Design Ideas for Daylighting
NEW! Solatube Specification Guide resource for Specifiers – making specification easier
Let homes breath with Energy Recovery Systems
In Brief
NEW Generation of Central Pivot and Top Hung Windows – PreSelect At the flick of the Preselect switch change between top hung and central pivot.
NEW Triple Glazed Window High Energy Efficient Window designed to provide lower heating costs and 99% reduction in UV Lights. NEW Roof Access Hatch WGI The new Roof Access Hatch offers easy roof access and provides fresh air for attic ventilation.
Longest Skylight in New Zealand! 620x1800mm external dimensions with low emissions coating preventing heat loss.
ZWAVE Technology Integrated roof windows featuring electric controls. Seamless transition from open to close with automatic rain sensor.
Recently, we spent some time talking and listening to our Architects and Designers about the challenges of specifying daylighting. The feedback was interesting!
You, our Architects and Designers, wanted a simple checksheet to help with deciding ‘which Solatube for which application?’. In this issue, we give you just that! Our ‘Solatube Specification Guide’ lift out is for you. Pop it on your wall and have a go at using it next time you are faced with a daylighting design challenge. We look forward to hearing how it goes.
Making it easier to specify daylighting, inspiring designs, and more…
DAYLIGHTING
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New! FAKRO Roof Windows and Skylights
Inspire and design customers with unconventional thinking when it comes to designing daylight. Our cover picture comes from Solatube International’s ‘Inspired Creative Excellence’ Awards. Slits in the Solatube tubing daylights the top level mezzanine, as well as the floor below. The effect is dazzling!
Don’t subscribe to conventional thinking when it comes to Daylighting your projects. We look forward to working with you to come up with something, truly, amazing.
– The HomeTech Solatube Team
Four Great Design Ideas for Daylighting
Distinguish a Solatube from a regular, electric light with one of these four design ideas. Call attention to the beautiful, full spectrum daylighting system. Winning designs can be creative, beautiful and energy-saving.
Inspire and delight customers with unconventional thinking. Don’t subscribe to the norm… push the boundaries…
Drop Tubes2
There is no reason why a Solatube skylight installation needs to terminate at ceiling-level. Multi-story, high ceilinged and industrial spaces offer the perfect opportunity to bring daylighting down to where it’s needed.
DESIGN IDEAS
Glow Tubes1
Use a translucent tube, one that will let light out all around the sides as well as at the outlet is a dramatic, futuristic look for both residential and commercial skylights.
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Solatube Specification Guide For CAD Resources visit www.hometech.co.nz/cad
RESIDENTIAL DAYLIGHTING ONLY
Daylighting + LED
Daylighting & Mechanical Ventilation ADD-ONS
Solatube 160DS
DaylightingSystems
Solatube 290DSDaylightingSystems
Solatube 160DS with Smart LED
System
Solatube 160DS
with Ventilation Add On Kit
Solatube 160DS with mechanical VS3004 Ventilation
Solatube 290DS with mechanical VS3004 Ventilation
Daylight Dimmer
Light Add On Kit
CODE 16ODS 29ODS 160DS-LED 16ODS Add On Kit
16ODS + VS3004
29ODS + VS3004
A-57000 RM-LF
DESCRIPTION
SMALL ROOMS
Toilet
Hallway
Laundry
Walk in Robe
Sloping Ceilings
LARGE ROOMS
Bathroom/Ensuite
Kitchen
Bedroom
Lounge
Dining Room
Sloping Ceilings
COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL – OPEN CEILING COMMERCIAL – GRID/SUSPENDED CEILING DIFFUSER OPTIONS ADD-ONS
Solatube 330DS Daylighting SystemSolatube 750DS Higher Performance
Daylighting SystemSolatube 330DS Daylighting System
Solatube 750DS Higher Performance Daylighting System
Prismatic OptiView Daylight Dimmer
Light Add-On Kit
CODE 330DS-O 750DS-O 330DS 750DS-C
DESCRIPTION
SMALL SPACE See Residential See Residential See Residential See Residential
LARGE SPACE
OPEN CEILING
SUSPENDED/GRID CEILING with ceiling ring plus GIB ceiling with ceiling ring plus GIB ceiling
530mm Diameter tubing, with Raybender 3000 Technology on dome for increased daylighting performance and energy ratings.
530mm Diameter tubing, with clear dome and Light Tracker Reflector.
Solatube Specification Guide
Please Note: **Early morning natural light may be an issue in bedrooms - therefore a daylight dimmer may be required. There are restrictions on Solatube Daylighting System’s performance, mainly affected by the distance between ceiling and roof. Longer lengths, shadowy areas, or in extraordinary situations, e.g. very dark décor, a larger size Solatube Daylighting System may be required outside the above charts’ recommendations. Hallways, high stud, dark décor, wooden floors - need to upgrade to the large 290DS model. In some situations for a balanced air situation, e.g. in a bathroom or sloping ceiling, a Solatube 160DS Daylighting System with a separate mechanical ventilation (VS3004) is recommended. Always consult your Solatube professional for advice.
For CAD Resources visit www.hometech.co.nz/cad
V1 SEPTEMBER 2015
RESOURCE FOR ARCHITECTS
RESIDENTIAL DAYLIGHTING ONLY
Daylighting + LED
Daylighting & Mechanical Ventilation ADD-ONS
Solatube 160DS
DaylightingSystems
Solatube 290DSDaylightingSystems
Solatube 160DS with Smart LED
System
Solatube 160DS
with Ventilation Add On Kit
Solatube 160DS with mechanical VS3004 Ventilation
Solatube 290DS with mechanical VS3004 Ventilation
Daylight Dimmer
Light Add On Kit
CODE 16ODS 29ODS 160DS-LED 16ODS Add On Kit
16ODS + VS3004
29ODS + VS3004
A-57000 RM-LF
DESCRIPTION
SMALL ROOMS
Toilet
Hallway
Laundry
Walk in Robe
Sloping Ceilings
LARGE ROOMS
Bathroom/Ensuite
Kitchen
Bedroom
Lounge
Dining Room
Sloping Ceilings
COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL – OPEN CEILING COMMERCIAL – GRID/SUSPENDED CEILING DIFFUSER OPTIONS ADD-ONS
Solatube 330DS Daylighting SystemSolatube 750DS Higher Performance
Daylighting SystemSolatube 330DS Daylighting System
Solatube 750DS Higher Performance Daylighting System
Prismatic OptiView Daylight Dimmer
Light Add-On Kit
CODE 330DS-O 750DS-O 330DS 750DS-C
DESCRIPTION
SMALL SPACE See Residential See Residential See Residential See Residential
LARGE SPACE
OPEN CEILING
SUSPENDED/GRID CEILING with ceiling ring plus GIB ceiling with ceiling ring plus GIB ceiling
530mm Diameter tubing, with Raybender 3000 Technology on dome for increased daylighting performance and energy ratings.
530mm Diameter tubing, with clear dome and Light Tracker Reflector.
VENTILATION VENTILATION ONLY
DUCTING FANS TO OUTSIDE
WHOLE HOME VENTILATION
MODEL Mechanical VS3004 Ventilation
Two Room VS3003
Mechanical Ventilation
VS4001Extravent
VS4002Extravent
Rangehood Ducting RHR Kit
ERS Energy Recovery System
DESCRIPTION
SMALL ROOMS
Whole Home
Ventilation
Energy Recovery
De-Humidification
Fresh Air System
Toilet
Laundry
LARGE ROOMS
Bathroom/Ensuite
Kitchen
for heat/light exhaust fans 250mm
for standard exhaust ceiling fans 250mm for rangehoods ERS150, ERS170, ERS170D
SPECIFICATION = Product + Add On + Installed by a HomeTech Certified Solatube Installer (as per Manufacturers Specification)
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DESIGN SOFTWARE SERVICE AVAILABLESend us your plans or we can visit you and carry out a Solatube Daylighting design free!
All Solatube Daylighting Systems when installed by HomeTech Certified Installers are BRANZ Appraised.
DESIGN IDEAS
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Surfaces3 Side Lights4
Glowing surfaces provide beautiful, even lighting, and there are so many creative possibilities. There’s a lot you can do with colours and patterns when you project the light through a translucent surface.
Solatube Daylighting Systems can be installed to enter the room at wall-level rather than ceiling-level. It’s a way to add natural light through an existing wall.
Four Great Design Ideas for Daylighting continued…
Why not install Solatube Daylighting Systems into the wall rather than onto the roof?Solatube Daylighting Systems offers a standard range of residential and commercial skylights, but builders, architects, designers and property owners are using our standard models in creative ways. We’re also able to work directly with you to create exactly the effect you’re looking for in your tubular skylight installation. The possibilities are endless!
Ventilate buildings with clean, fresh air without compromising heating. By replacing stale air with fresh, dry air you create a healthier, drier and warmer environment.
The HomeTech Energy Recovery System is a balanced ventilation system, it is the only product on the marketing which can set the humidity of a building through fingertip control.
Traditionally, ventilation has compromised home heating as it cools the home in winter. This is where the HomeTech Energy Recovery System (ERS) comes into a league of its own. Acting as an Energy Recovery System, once installed in the attic the ERS provides a continuous circulation of fresh, healthy air and being energy efficient maximises any wasted heat in the building. The warm, dryer air being circulated makes the building easier to heat, decreasing the energy demand while the balanced ventilation minimises dampness and condensation.
• Exhausts damp, foul air and odours from the building, improving the air quality.
• Ventilates with warmed, tempered air creating a drier environment making buildings easier to heat.
• The HomeTech balanced ventilation system leads to a healthier environment by working to expel indoor humidity that can promote the build-up of mould and mildew.
• Drier air is easier to heat than moist air, the energy demand is equivalent to a 100w lightbulb.
• Recovers 80% of energy from outgoing air to incoming fresh air – maximising any wasted heat from the building.
• Optional damper switch for summer bypass or heat transfer in winter.
With the optional summer mode the HomeTech Energy Recovery System is also an effective way to replenish cool, fresh air into a building during the hot and humid summer months. Without even having to leave open a window, the building will remain secure and ventilated 24 hours a day.
Energy Recovery Systems
Let your home breathe
Ventilate buildings with clean, fresh air without compromising heating. By replacing stale air with fresh, dry air you create a healthier, drier and warmer environment.
NZBC E2/AS1 External Moisture
NZBZ G4/AS1 Ventilation
NZBC G9/VM1 Electricity
ASNZS 60335.2.80Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Electricity (safety) regulations 2010.
Whether you need to ventilate a retrofit or are designing a new build, there are a variety of HomeTech ERS models available, which one will suit, is dependent on not only the size, but also the layout of the building.
Talk to HomeTech to identify the best solution for your project.
Building Requirements: Some homes use a common “Positive Pressure” ventilation system that sees low quality air from the roof cavity circulated throughout the home. These systems do not meet the Building Code requirements as the air pumped in isn’t fresh air.
The HomeTech ERS is a balanced ventilation system that complies with New Zealand Building Code compliance as follows:
ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEMS
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Manufacturer / supplier warranty: 5 years: For ERS unit internal components Lifetime warranty: for ERS heat recovery coreInstallation warranty: 5 years: For installation
Go to our website and click on the link to specify.
Technical information is available on our website. Specification information is available on Masterspec and Productspec.
Resources for Architects
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RESOURCES FOR ARCHITECTS
About HomeTech SolatubeHomeTech first introduced the Solatube Daylighting System to the New Zealand market in 1992 . Since then HomeTech has expanded to include a nationwide network of accredited installers and contractors installing daylighting, condensation control, ventilation, heating/cooling and attic stair solutions.
The nationwide team services residential and commercial markets working closely alongside designers, architects and product partners.
HomeTech is part of the Future Proof Building Network (FPB) and the Green Building Council.
The Solatube Daylighting Systems and FAKRO Roof Windows / Skylights products, distributed by HomeTech, are the only Daylighting options in New Zealand with BRANZ Appraisals.
Technical information is available on our website. Specification information is available on Masterspec and Productspec.
665 [2009] FREE Design ServiceWhether that be adding daylight to your project through
Solatube Daylighting Systems or to create a drier, healthier environment through mechanical ventilation. Our team of daylighting design experts
will help you design the best solution for your project.
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