Texlon® cushions have outstanding insulation properties that enable the use of large areas of transparent cladding without compromising environmental objectives.
Texlon® cushions are fabricated from multiple layers of ETFE foil. As each layer of foil encloses a layer of air, the U value of the envelope is very low and can be optimised to suit each application.
For high latitudes, Texlon®'s superb insulation qualities and high transparency can be used in combination with Texlon® PV, to reduce winter heating costs and harvest solar energy. For the tropics, shading and insulation can reduce cooling loads while retaining good daylight levels.
Texlon®, unlike glazing, is a good insulator. The inner layer of foil is generally engineered to be at a temperature of ambient adjacent, meaning that thermal comfort is significantly better, due to the reduction of cold or hot surface radiation.
Texlon® cushions are restrained at their perimeters by our large range of extrusions designed to suit every application. All our extrusions incorporate thermal breaks. The system can be further enhanced by specifying our patented Texlon® Thermo®, incorporating an additional thermal break within the cushion edge.
For very high performance installations, the incorporation of Texlon® Nano can achieve U values as low as 0.3 Wm-2K.
Vector Foiltec its way in the use of selective radiation finishes Texlon ® pillows even finished with IR and UV filters, allowing the designer the opportunity to increase the insulating qualities of the enclosure. Texlon ® pads are not only exceptionally low U values, but the pressurization system creates a protective covering of the building, reducing heat loss through air infiltration close to zero. This causes a reduction effect of additional U cash value of around 15%.
Technical information:
No of foils U Value R Value
2 2.94 Wm-2K 1.9 F0/Btu/h Ft2
3 1.96 Wm-2K 2.9 F0/Btu/h Ft2
4 1.47 Wm-2K 3.8 F0/Btu/h Ft2
5 1.18 Wm-2K 4.8 F0/Btu/h Ft2
