Article: GE Helps Centerpoint(1) Develop New Translucent Home Roofing System for Enhanced Aesthetics, Comfort & Energy Efficiency; Technology allows full spectrum, natural light into living spaces.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- GE - Plastics today announced that it will be assisting Centerpoint(1) Translucent Systems, LLC - a manufacturer and distributor of residential roofing products - to develop a new translucent roofing system that provides full-spectrum, natural light, and significantly improved aesthetics, comfort, and energy efficiency for the residential new-construction market. Centerpoint will build the new systems using GE's Lexan(2) Thermoclear(2) multiwall polycarbonate (PC) sheet - a material based on GE's tough, virtually unbreakable Lexan resin - in combination with Nanogel(3) translucent aerogel from Cabot Corporation.

Centerpoint's patent-pending ...

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