Plastic solar shading SKYSHELVES®

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Overview
Skyshade's Skyshelves are daylight-redirecting light shelves supplied as films and panels (variants: Skyshelves-D and Skyshelves-R). They are developed to control daylight glare, reduce solar heat transmission through windows and façades, and enhance useful interior illumination while enabling retrofit installation without additional frame hardware.

Skyshelves – D
Skyshelves-D are panels/films designed to increase daylight penetration into interiors while controlling glare and reducing heat gain. They can be mounted on the inner or outer frame of existing windows and façades without requiring extra structural modifications.

Skyshelves – R
Skyshelves-R are light-shelf films/panels engineered to provide diffused vision (~90% visual transmission reported) and high daylight admission with controlled heat and glare. They are applied over the vision portion of large glazing systems and are optimised to reject high-angle solar radiation during most of the day while maintaining useful interior illuminance.

Key Benefits

• Redirects daylight toward ceilings to increase interior brightness and extend the usable daylight zone.
• Increases daylight penetration (on-site examples report improved illumination up to 30–40 ft from the window).
• Controls glare and reduces solar heat gain through glazing.
• Optional prismatic aluminum louvers offer enhanced heat rejection (reported up to ~90%) and glare management.
• Can contribute to reduced electrical lighting energy consumption when combined with daylighting strategies.
• Available as films or panels to suit different window and façade types and retrofit requirements.
• Low-maintenance design suitable for commercial and institutional projects.

Lighting automation
Skyshelves can be integrated with daylight sensors and smart lighting controls to automate LED/electric lighting. Sensors monitor ambient daylight and enable dimming or switching to maintain target interior illuminance levels for combined daylight and electric lighting control.

Applications

• Residential buildings
• Commercial buildings
• Villas
• Offices
• Restaurants
• Hotels
• Sports centres
• Public buildings
• Hospitals

Installation workflow / Steps to proceed

• Project and glazing data collection
• Site assessment and measurements
• Quotation and specification
• Installation
• Post-installation support

Technical specifications

• Product family: SKYSHELVES (variants: Skyshelves-D, Skyshelves-R)
• Formats: films and panels
• Mounting: fixed to inner or outer window frames; retrofit possible without additional hardware
• Optics: engineered to redirect daylight to ceilings; Skyshelves-R provides diffused vision with high transmission
• Heat control: optional prismatic aluminum louvers for heat rejection (claims up to ~90% rejection)
• Daylight performance: designed to extend useful daylight penetration (examples indicate penetration up to 30–40 ft)
• Integration: compatible with daylight sensors and smart lighting controls for automated lighting compensation
• Maintenance: low-maintenance design
• Primary uses: daylight glare control, improved daylight distribution, reduced reliance on electric lighting