Rainscreen Cladding: The Place Where Weather Forecasting And Architecture Meet

Danpal has put its 50 years of experience to good use. As an international company with a business presence on five continents, we’ve learned as we’ve grown. We’ve seen a lot of weather and we’ve learned a lot about building materials and how they are affected by the climate. It’s no surprise that, as long as we have weather, we will need building materials that are designed to address the climate patterns where we live. You might not expect your architect and your weather forecaster to have a lot in common, but weather is central to both professions.

For the forecaster, it’s a matter of knowing what the meteorological indications mean so that viewers, depending on where they live, will know whether they can plan a picnic over the weekend or make sure they have all that they need from the store before the snow starts to fall. The architect also needs to know the forecast—all of the forecasts for the foreseeable future. Since this isn’t possible, an architect must find out what kind of weather the building will have to deal with, and once that is determined, the next step is to figure out what building materials are best suited to handling the weather in the region.  For climates where moisture is an issue, Danpal’s rainscreen cladding is the answer to your building’s weather questions.

What You Need To Know About Moisture
Moisture in a building isn’t just a matter of a little bit of dampness that can be ignored. Moisture can cause significant damage to a building; obviously, there’s the immediate problem of leaking. There’s the structural stress that moisture causes. In a worst-case scenario, there’s the danger of building collapse.  Whether your building is the home or the workplace, you don’t want moisture invading, because when moisture arrives, it takes over. Your insulation, if it isn’t dry, isn’t going to work the way it’s supposed to. With rainscreen cladding, you’re equipping your building with the protection that it needs in order to keep the insulation dry.

The Way that Danpal Rainscreen Cladding Works
If you want to keep your building protected against moisture, you should check into rainscreen cladding by Danpal. The insulation stays dry because the ventilated cavity of the rainscreen cladding delivers an improved air flow. Moisture is unable to penetrate because of the rainscreen cladding’s inner sheet. With dry insulation, your building is weather-free on the inside.

Rainscreen Cladding Supports Energy Efficiency
Keeping insulation dry so that moisture can’t invade is one important role played by rainscreen cladding. Another reason to install rainscreen cladding is because it helps a building maintain its energy efficiency. That dry insulation that is keeping your building moisture free is also making sure that your energy is being used efficiently and not wasted. Maintaining a consistent temperature inside your building throughout the year so that you’re comfortable within is one sure way of confirming that you aren’t wasting energy. Smart energy usage is one of the ways in which Danpal and our customers make sure that taking care of the planet remains a priority.

Danpal’s Façade Materials: Danpal Strength, Danpal Design

If buildings were taking part in a competition against weather, how would your building fare? Imagine a wrestling contest between two opponents: weather comes to the competition armed with a varied arsenal of weapons including hail, rain, snow, wind and intense sunshine. Pretty formidable, don’t you agree? What does a building bring to the heavyweight ring? Just what it’s been built with. Buildings must have everything they need to compete against weather from the moment the architect begins the design. Otherwise, the building is going to lose the contest and weather wins. So how can you make sure that your building has what it takes to do battle against weather? Danpal façade materials are designed for strength, so that weather doesn’t win.

Danpal Quality Equals Better Performance
After 50 years in the building industry, Danpal has perfected customer service. How do we do it? By making sure that, from design to manufacturing to installation, our building materials deliver the utmost in quality. We have engineers and designers whose research and development insights are the foundation for our reputation for excellence. We build for the building AND for the occupant. That means that we’re always aware of the latest technology and how it will improve the performance of our façade materials so that they maintain cutting/-edge superiority in weather resistance, energy efficiency, and esthetics. In the end, the client is the winner because their needs for the building’s function are met, their dreams for the building’s performance are realized, and they’re confident that buying the best product delivers long-term savings.

Light In Weight, But A Heavyweight For Strength
Danpal has been in the forefront of developing building materials that take full advantage of the very latest research. That’s why our facade materials reflect the current technology. They’re light in weight, so they’re easy to install. But this is a time when being a lightweight is a good thing because it makes the work easier and quicker.  At the same time, our façade materials sacrifice nothing when it comes to keeping weather from creating problems inside the building.

Façade Materials and Energy Efficiency Make a Winning Team
Insulation is key to the health and wellbeing of your building. As long as it’s dry, your building benefits. But if moisture invades and insulation is no longer dry, problems begin. The building is compromised, leading to potential problems that, over time, can actually cause the structure to collapse. If insulation is wet, energy is escaping, which is costing you money because you’re paying for heating and cooling that you aren’t using. And you know what it means when energy is wasted; that’s a problem for the planet as well as for you.  The microcell technology in Danpal façade materials has superior thermal insulation to prevent energy from escaping. Once again, Danpal façade materials deliver a knock-out punch to weather.

Danpal Façade Materials Enhance Your Building’s Appearance
You know what makes our façade materials so remarkable? Even after they’ve delivered a stand-out performance in the latest weather competition, they still look beautiful. A strong performance doesn’t mean sacrificing esthetics and we’re committed to delivering the best in what we do, and what you see.

Curtain Wall Systems For A Healthy Building

There’s something that most of us do almost every day without even thinking about it. Maybe we do it early in the morning when we first wake up, or maybe we do it at night, before we go to bed. We watch the weather forecast on the morning news when we get up, or we listen to it at night before we go to bed. We plan our wardrobe and often, our activities around what the forecasters tell us. News of a winter snowfall can send us to the grocery store for food to ride out the storm; a forecast of rain or sunshine decides whether or not we’re going to work in the garden or take in a baseball game. The bygone days of watching the clouds for signs of a storm have been replaced by instant weather news. We want to know what kind of weather we’re going to encounter before we start our day.

Curtain Wall Systems Are Designed For Weather Protection

Before an architect begins designing a building, he or she has to be aware of what kind of weather will take place on a daily basis.  As there is no forecasting that can be done that far into the future, an architect must predict what kind of weather the building is going to have to withstand throughout the years. At the center of that long-term forecasting is the health of the insulation. Insulation that has been compromised by moisture leads to loss of energy and building deterioration. What’s the best way to prevent this from happening? A curtain wall system from Danpal is your building’s weather defense system.

Keeping A Building Healthy With A Curtain Wall System
Microcell technology is central to the curtain wall system’s function. Microcell technology reinforces the security of the curtain wall system with its double-click locking seam. The curtain wall system’s high-impact resistance keeps weather out. This process is what keeps a building healthy  because if moisture invades the interior of your building, not only are you at risk for higher utility payments caused by wasted energy, you’re also facing the possibility of health problems caused by mold. Moisture is the perfect environment for the build-up of mold and after that begins, people within who suffer from allergies or respiratory ailments will be dealing with health problems. The ability of a Danpal curtain wall system to prevent moisture from getting inside is what’s needed to keep your building healthy.

Energy Efficiency With Curtain Wall Systems
Outside the walls of your home or workplace, the weather can do whatever it wants to. But inside, people expect to be comfortable. The temperature within should remain consistent. However, if you’ve noticed that you’re constantly readjusting the temperature and your heating and cooling bills are on the rise, you know that energy is escaping.  That means that you’re spending more money to heat and cool your building, and the environment is absorbing the burden of wasted energy. No one wins in this scenario, which is why a Danpal curtain wall system is the smart choice for energy efficiency.

Roofing Systems Are At The Forefront of Danpal Innovation

Roofing systems have changed quite a bit during the fifty years that Danpal has been a leader in the building industry. Federal regulations that reflect our society’s environmental concerns have prodded the industry to develop materials that support sustainability. VOC regulations have made a difference in the kinds of coating, sealants, and adhesives that can be purchased. At Danpal, we’re proud that our own innovations in design and engineering have been part of this technological advance to create roofing systems that are both supportive of the environment and superior in offering weather protection. Consumers want to live in homes that match the importance they place upon sustainability. Danpal, a company that adheres to the motto of Global Vision, Local Focus, is pleased to be supportive of our clients’ environmental concerns as we develop products that make the planet a priority.

When you choose a Danpal roofing system, you’re getting a half century of expertise in the development of cutting-edge building materials. You’re also getting the benefit of what we’ve learned as a building company which is based on five continents. We know a lot about the weather that a roofing system must withstand because we’ve encountered so many different climates. What we know, we can pass on to our research and development teams, who then act upon the information to develop better products. A roofing system from Danpal is designed so that it keeps weather outside and comfort inside.

The Role Of Roofing Materials
The role of roofing materials is to provide thermal insulation; this protective layer reduces the occurrence of heat transfer, allowing thermal radiation to be reflected. Our multilayered microcell technology delivers better heat insulation than a single layer would, with the added advantage of increasing the strength of the system.

Roofing Systems And Energy Efficiency
Thermal insulation gives a building more energy efficiency. Buildings consume a tremendous amount of energy—as much as 40% of the entire energy consumption in advanced nations—so it’s important to do everything possible to make certain that energy is used wisely. That’s why thermal insulation is so significant. When the temperatures inside the building remain consistent, you know that your heating and cooling systems are operating efficiently and energy isn’t going to waste by escaping.

As the “R” values of roof insulation have almost tripled as a result of new advances in building materials, energy efficiency has been increasing. This increase in energy efficiency and the accompanying decrease in the size of a building’s carbon footprint are yielding benefits for consumers who profit by only paying for energy that they’re really using.

How A Roofing System Delivers Weather Protection
Danpal has tested its panels to confirm that the roofing system is equipped to deal with weather extremes. That’s because the special coating on the panels, which diffuses sunlight, prevents harmful UV rays from damaging the structure. The material is woven so strongly that hail can’t damage it; instead, hail bounces off the surface.

Danpal roofing is designed for the benefit of the occupants within. You’ll be satisfied when you consider the advantages of our roofing system.

Cubiertas arquitectónicas para las industrias actuales

Recibir luz natural, sobre todo a la mañana, repercute positivamente en la salud. Estudios científicos demostraron que los trabajadores que desarrollan sus tareas en ambientes donde la luz solar abunda duermen mejor de noche y presentan niveles más bajos de depresión y estrés que quienes no trabajan con buenos niveles de iluminación. Una de las soluciones para optimizar el ingreso de la luz solar al interior de un edificio radica en la instalación de cubiertas arquitectónicas.

La solución de acristalamiento modular para cubiertas arquitectónicas ofrecida por Danpal® lleva el aprovechamiento de la luz natural a un nivel superior. Las láminas de policarbonato celular que conforman el sistema, comercializados con el nombre de Danpalon®, cuentan con tecnología Microcell. Esta tecnología revolucionaria es la encargada de proveer translucidez y resistencia a las láminas de policarbonato, y por lo tanto, a las cubiertas arquitectónicas en las que se emplean.

Danpal® ofrece otro producto para el desarrollo de cubiertas arquitectónicos que se adapta específicamente a las necesidades del mercado laboral actual. Este producto es Danpalon® Industrial, el componente ideal para proporcionar luz natural a las estructuras industriales. Las franjas de panel de estas cubiertas arquitectónicas industriales transmiten luz natural durante todo el día hacia los empleados de las fábricas, lo cual aumenta la productividad y el bienestar en el ambiente de trabajo. Los paneles son fáciles de conectar con las aberturas de luz industriales existentes, característica que señala la gran versatilidad del producto en la implementación de cubiertas arquitectónicas.  

Las cubiertas arquitectónicas creadas con Danpalon® Industrial cuentan con todas las ventajas de este material innovador. Danpalon® Industrial es 100 % estanco, razón por la cual ofrece una impermeabilidad superior al aire y al agua. Solo la luz y la calidez del sol ingresarán a través de las cubiertas arquitectónicas, nada más. Por otro lado, ofrece alta resistencia al impacto. Esto significa que las inclemencias del tiempo, como por ejemplo, la caída de granizo, no deformarán ni arruinarán las cubiertas arquitectónicas. Danpalon® Industrial es ligero, y su instalación es rápida, fácil y de bajo costo.  

Danpalon® Industrial posee, además, propiedades de aislamiento térmico superior. La implementación de cubiertas arquitectónicas que cuenten con este material implica ahorros considerables en cuanto a los gastos producidos por el uso de equipos de aire acondicionado, de calefacción y de iluminación artificial. El uso de Danpalon®  Industrial es una inversión sólida y comprometida en la vía a construir espacios de trabajo más sustentables y respetuosos del medio ambiente, espacios que sean capaces de asegurar un futuro mejor para las generaciones venideras.

Una gran cantidad de estudios científicos comprobaron el vínculo indudable entre el acceso a iluminación natural y el aumento de la calidad de vida. Por esta razón, los profesionales que trabajan en arquitectura de la luz están dedicados a implementar nuevas soluciones de iluminación que puedan optimizar los beneficios para la salud de los habitantes de cada edificio. Danpal® provee los productos necesarios para crear espacios luminosos, cálidos y confortables, siempre teniendo en cuenta la sustentabilidad del medio ambiente.