Fixed Solar C and controllable Solarfin

The BMW Education Centre is situated at Dingolfing, Bavaria and was designed by architect Franz Schobner of Landau.

Mainly used for the training of BMW apprentices, a key design criteria was to ensure that occupants would benefit from natural light and ventilation but not suffer from excessive heat gain or solar glare due to its main south facing façade.

In order to ensure optimum working conditions could be achieved throughout the day Colt was in contact with the architect at an early stage in the project. This resulted in a design solution incorporating a combination of Colt Braat rooflight systems with Seefire natural ventilators and fixed Solar C shading louvre which controls solar heat gain and glare. In addition, movable external Solarfin shading louvres are able to track the path of the sun via Colt's CCS 2000 Control System, ensuring maximum light entry throughout the day. Over 1000m² of Colt Solarfin was used.