“Metal mesh shades the sun – reducing heat load, cooling requirements and ultimately energy consumption,” says the Cambridge Architectural website about their recent development that they call Solucent. It is a metal fabric designed for both exterior and interior uses that does just what they claim it does – benefits the environment (and your pocketbook).

Solucent. Designed by Cambridge Architectural.

Solucent is a New Architectural Mesh Fabric for Your Building Facade that Reduces Energy Consumption

The semi-transparent Solucent is industrial in appearance, without added colors or textures. Since direct light beaming into the windows of your office building can be distracting, it uses the “shading and daylighting” characteristics of an architectural mesh to keep the interior space comfortable. Not only does it keep the direct light out, however, it also keeps light filtering in as opposed to blocking it out completely.

But by far the best quality of the mesh from an efficiency position is its ability to cool with maximum airflow. A system developed by Cambridge Architectural to meet the high energy-saving standards employed by architects, the Solucent system will lead to significant savings on energy costs for buildings of any size. That said, besides its ability to bring light in and reduce energy costs, we actually find that the cooling and lighting costs together are the most responsible way to reduce consumption with each system designed to your specific building’s orientation to the sun.

To tip the green scale just a little more, Cambridge says their mesh can be made with recycled materials and is naturally “lightweight and requires minimal structural support -reducing material and labor costs” when compared to previously developed architectural mesh products. With the invention of an elegant, responsible product like Solucent, our 21st century earth just got a little easier to live in!