The PLEXIGLAS® Magazine 2010 No. 7

One of the challenges in our society is to reconcile man with nature. Giving people access to the beauties of nature and helping to protect the environment at the same time is a responsible task, and one where PLEXIGLAS^® can provide assistance.

The Tree House in New Zealand is a unique combination of an exclusive restaurant and an experience of nature. Protected by a barely visible PLEXIGLAS^® roof, people enjoy their meal among swaying branches. The ten-meter difference in height up to the Tree House is spanned by a 60-meter wooden bridge that is softly lit at night by lamps with PLEXIGLAS SATINICE^® covers.

PLEXIGLAS^® offers quite a different experience of nature in our own hemisphere. People board the Nemo submersible in the East German Helenesee (Lake Helen) to explore the underwater world. Thin but stable domes give a clear view of underwater life and give passengers close encounters with local plants and animals.

The bio-solar house unites environmental protection in the classical sense with comfort. PLEXIGLAS ALLTOP^® SDP multi-skin sheets in a delicate construction help to achieve these aims by means of their transparency, letting warming sunlight into the house. This façade makes it possible to cut the heating energy requirement by up to 90 kWh per square meter and year.

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