Comprehensive Refurbishment Work in Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Apeldoorn with its 160,000 inhabitants is situated in the Dutch province of Geldern and is regarded as a garden city offering high quality living standards. Since its economic boom years in the early 60s, the city has seen great changes in its architectural environment. In the district of Zevenhuizen in the North-Eastern part of this sprawling city a considerable number of residential blocks that originated from this period have been handed down. Since the beginning of 2007 here, as everywhere in the city, extensive renovation and modernisation projects have been taking place with the aim of upgrading the out-of-date accommodation - not least in order to prevent the area from becoming run down.

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Solarlux offers flexible glazing solutions for both balconies and façades. The easy-to-use SL 60e can be completely pulled to one side in order to open up space without any inconvenient supports. With its slimline aluminium profiles, the system imparts an overall impression of lightness and elegance. The wraparound narrow frames which are only 60 mm wide and the heat-insulating glass of up to 40 mm total thickness meet the highest standards of the German Energy Saving Regulations (EnEV). System-integrated continuous seals together with external gaskets provide excellent protection from driving rain and draughts. Special removable hinge pins make it possible to clean the outside panes from inside, a particularly welcome feature in the case of balconies.

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Balconies are always an attractive feature of a building. They help your property to sell better, make it easier to let and offer designer living which is why they are in greater demand. But balconies are exposed constantly to the extremes of the elements, year after year, and this is the reason why they are on the renovation “to-do” list of almost all owners of such properties; property management companies, housing associations etc.

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Solarlux, the system developer and manufacturer demonstrated the enhanced characteristics of their SL 70e folding façade classic at the BAU 2007 exhibition. Visitors could demonstrate for themselves how easy it is to handle a 3.5 m high panel with the refined runner mechanism and how qui-etly such panels move. The quality of the improved runner gear was achieved by using stainless steel roller bearings on stainless steel bearing surfaces. This high quality and durable material ensures a practically wear-free operation.

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If you are aiming for a design which is aesthetically pleasing and varied as well as top in quality engineering and materials, then developers, contractors and architects are coming to Solarlux for their wintergarden roof systems. During the BAU 2007 exhibition in Munich, Solarlux´s innovators from Bissendorf in Germany have demonstrated to the industry for the first time their exclusive roofing system called SDL Nobiles (taken from the Latin, meaning noble). What its designers had in mind was the realisation of a completely new concept which would satisfy the highest standards.

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Solarlux´s leading position in the market for high-quality folding façades and wintergardens has been created by continuously applying the benchmarks of overall clean lines, high quality and uncompromising standards, as well as user friendly innovations. It is therefore not surprising that this German company has made an impact at the BAU 2007 exhibition in Munich with the new glasshouse concept.

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It was more than product innovation and technical highlights which were on offer to the professional visitor at the Solarlux stand at the BAU 2007 exhibition. For the first time, the leading system developer and manufacturer of folding façades, wintergardens and balcony glaz-ing presented to the industry its new brand image. It is an important element of the company´s new and global market strategy, and the outcome and fruit of an intensive brand strategy orientation exercise.

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From humble beginnings in a garage to a worldwide enterprise

It all started in 1983 in a small garage workshop with the idea that windows and doors could not only be turned, tilted and slid but also folded back and stacked away with the added benefit of saving space. The founders, of the company, Heinz-Theo Ebbert (†1990) and Herbert Holtgreife, developed the prototype of the first folding facade which was the basis on which the company has grown to the now internationally acting enterprise and worldwide market leader for folding glass facades and balcony glazing. The number of employees has increased from an initial figure of 13 to 460 worldwide.

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104 “Loft” apartments are fitted with Solarlux aluminium folding façades

The exclusive residential project “Boston“ at the Eastern waterfront of Amsterdam is a prime example of the successful adaptive re-use of existing building fabric and the modern refurbishment of derelict industrial buildings. In the course of last year old empty warehouses were turned into luxury “Loft” apartments with modern facilities and charming views onto the harbour and the close-by old City. Kitchens, bathrooms, sitting and bedrooms are open plan so that residents can arrange the inner layout in a flexible manner by means of partitioning walls.

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