Schüco Modernisation Façade ERC 50
The new Schüco façade system for efficient modernisation of existing buildings arose from the every-day challenges of modernisation projects: as a rule, tenants / users of rooms adjacent to the façade have to vacate their workspace during building work, so that old window and façade units can be taken out and new units installed and attached. This results in stress and discomfort for the users and ultimately high consequential costs (rental etc.) for the landlord / building owner, not to mention enormous logistics problems.
The new aluminium system construction method puts the client in a position to keep the building in operation all throughout the building work. An external load-bearing structure is fitted with fixing brackets from ceiling to ceiling over a specified distance onto the grid of the building structure. In this way non-loadbearing spandrel areas can be bridged. This load-bearing structure is used as the basic framework for the integration as a whole of the following system modules:
- Façade-integrated solar shading systems
- Decentralised ventilation, cooling and heating
- Aluminium window systems with electronic control
- Integrated Schüco ProSol TF thin-film PV façade modules
Schüco ERC 50 in summary
The Schüco modernisation façade offers maximum efficiency in saving and generating energy and also efficient process flows for design, fabrication and installation, for clients, developers, users and metal fabrication companies. Highly energy-efficient components, which in terms of installation procedures have been specially developed for use in building renovation, prevent high overhead costs due to loss of rental, accelerate the construction process and raise the value of the property in the long-term.
Features and benefits
- Comparable with the conventional modernisation solutions in terms of costs (rearventilated curtain walling, ribbon windows)
- Less loss of utility / virtually no loss of rental (as a result of new installation principle)
- Reduction in drilling work and necessary fixing material (less noise / lower costs)
- No load-bearing spandrels required, as the system can span from floor to floor
- Simple attachments to building structure using innovative system components
- Compatible with standard Schüco FW 50+, FW 50+ SG and FW 50+ ventilated / nonventilated mullion/transom systems
- Planning reliability and cost certainty with a system solution