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PALSUN
®
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Solar Transmission Properties
Various types of PALSUN can be used to help reduce energy costs throughout the year. Textured, tinted, opal, diused,
and new PALSUN SolarSmart™ sheets feature properties that aect energy eciency beyond what is depicted on the next
page. Each of these products transmit dierent amounts of direct light in varying levels of light diusion, which may help
to spread the light throughout the structure or enclosure. The sheets also vary in their selectivity index (SI) values, which
determines how eciently they keep heat out while letting more “cool-light" in (See next page for more information on
SolarSmart™ products). PALSUN textured, diused and opal sheets are also suitable for incorporation into light xtures. They
enable designers to deliver the exact quantity and quality of light desired.
PALSUN® Color* % Light Transmission % Total Solar Rejection % Solar Heat Gain Shading Coecient
Clear 90 13 87 1.00
Opal 30 60 40 0.46
Bronze 50 35 65 0.75
Bronze 35 44 56 0.64
Bronze 20 54 46 0.52
Solar Grey 50 35 65 0.75
Solar Grey 35 44 56 0.64
Solar Grey 20 55 45 0.51
Solar Olympic 50 37 63 0.73
Solar Olympic 35 48 52 0.60
Solar Olympic 20 59 41 0.47
Solar Control 50 44 56 0.64
Solar Control 35 52 48 0.54
Solar Control 20 67 33 0.36
Smart Grey 55 44 56 0.66
Smart Blue 50 43 57 0.65
Smart Green 70 40 60 0.69
*Values in the table above relate to 3mm Sheet. Further information on additional products is available upon request.
Terminology Used in the Table
Solar Radiation
The solar spectrum ranging from 300 nm to 2400 nm.
Included are UV, visible and Near-IR radiation.
Visible Light Radiation
The portion of the light spectrum whose wavelength ranges
from 400nm to 780nm.
% Light Transmission (ASTM D-1003)
Percentage of incident visible light that passes through an
object.
% Solar Heat Gain (SHGC)
The percent of incident solar radiation transmitted by an
object which includes the direct solar transmission plus the
part of the solar absorption reradiated inward.
% Total Solar Rejection (%SR
t
)
The percent of incident solar radiation rejected by an object,
which includes the solar reectance plus the part of the solar
absorption, reradiated outward.
%ST
t
+ %SR
t
= 100%
Shading Coecient (ASTM E424-71)
The ratio of the total solar radiation transmitted by a given
material to that transmitted by normal glass, whose light
transmission is 87%. It can be approximately calculated by:
%ST + (0.27 x %SA) = %ST
t
SC = (1.15 x ST
t
)/100