 Acurlite Structural Skylights has recently designed, engineered, manufactured and installed a skylight that offers both Sun and Shade. Acurlite teamed up with Sage Electrochromic Inc. in Faribault, MN; a manufacturer of electrochromic glass to offer their customer a technically advanced skylight. At the flip of a switch natural day light can automatically be tinted to shade the room. The skylight also incorporates photovoltaic panels into the system to offer an alternate source of energy to power the electrochromic glass.
The skylight at 100 West Putnam in Stamford, CT is a 30’0” (W) x 85’0” (L) Double Pitch Skylight. It is located over an office space where the demand for natural daylight is high; but it is also crucial for the people occupying the space to be able to control the glare and heat gain from natural daylight. 
The heavy-duty, commercial skylight that Acurlite installed was the perfect fit for providing natural daylight within the space and Sage electrochromic glass gave the occupants of the space the ability to tint areas of the space to reduce glare and heat gain while using the space. To give the project a GREEN touch, photovoltaic panels were glazed into the system as well giving the electrochromic glass a alternate source for energy.
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