What is Apollo's extreme-heat and solar-control approach?
The pathway starts by reducing solar gain and heat load through exterior shading and envelope measures before relying on larger active-cooling or backup-power systems.
Extreme Heat & Solar Control · reduce the load before increasing cooling
The cheapest unit of cooling is the heat you prevent from entering.
Extreme heat becomes a building-resilience priority when high solar gain meets grid stress, smoke or power interruption. Apollo's pathway starts with exterior solar control and lower heat loads before adding more active cooling capacity.
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Extreme Heat & Solar Control · Key answers
What project teams need to know about Extreme Heat & Solar Control.
Which current Apollo products support exterior solar control?
Current pathways include Velaris exterior blinds and selected storm-shutter or guided-screen configurations where the exact product and project conditions support that use.
What information is useful for a solar-control review?
Provide building orientation, glazing locations and sizes, photographs or drawings, known overheating areas, desired privacy or airflow, site exposure, destination and any existing cooling or resilience constraints.
Does Apollo replace thermal or mechanical design professionals?
No. Final glazing, thermal, ventilation, cooling, electrical and code decisions remain with the appropriate project professionals and the verified product documentation.
Protection pathways
Build the protection package around the actual exposure.
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Velaris Exterior Blinds
Track-guided exterior blind systems for solar control, privacy and selected weather-exposed openings.
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Storm Shutters
Selected shutter systems can also reduce direct solar exposure in hot, storm-prone environments.
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Exterior Zip Screens
Guided screen pathways using the existing Velaris product platform.
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Architectural Solar Shading
Project-led exterior shading for windows and façades where geometry and orientation justify it.
Planning pathway
Low-Load Refuge Zone
Plan one smaller area that is easier to keep shaded, ventilated or cooled during disruption.
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Clean-Air Mode
Coordinate heat control with filtered-air strategy where wildfire smoke or poor outdoor air can limit natural ventilation.
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Essential Power
Size future backup around the reduced cooling load rather than trying to reproduce normal whole-house demand.
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New-Build Solar Control
Use orientation, glazing, shade and service planning before the house is fixed around a large cooling load.
Open pathway01Weather protection strategy
Shade before glass where solar gain needs control.
Exterior shading intercepts solar energy before it crosses the glazing. Exterior blinds, shutters and screens can therefore have both normal-day comfort value and hazard-day resilience value.
02Weather protection strategy
The envelope buys time during an outage.
Insulation, air control, suitable glazing, shading and climate-appropriate materials can slow indoor temperature drift. The resilience target is not only lower energy use; it is a building that remains safer and more usable for longer when active cooling is unavailable.
03Weather protection strategy
Air movement is a low-load resilience tool.
Ceiling fans and targeted air movement can improve comfort at far lower electrical demand than whole-house cooling. That makes them useful when defining essential loads and refuge-room strategies.
04Weather protection strategy
Heat and smoke must be planned together.
Natural ventilation may be useful when outside air is cooler and clean, but it can become the wrong strategy during smoke or extreme outdoor heat. A resilient property needs more than one operating mode.
Project planning sequence
MAP → PRIORITISE → VERIFY → INTEGRATE → MAINTAIN
Map the hazard and building interfaces. Prioritise the interfaces with the greatest consequence. Verify the exact product information and local design requirements. Integrate structure, drainage, power, access and recovery. Maintain the system so the protection remains effective over time.
Project-specific technical review
Planning guidance first. Exact requirements confirmed for the project.
The planning guide helps identify what to protect and which questions to ask. Structural, flood, electrical, wildfire, drainage and product-performance decisions are then confirmed against the selected system, current project documentation, local requirements and qualified professional input where required.
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Technical informationNeed a datasheet, drawing, test report or tender submittal?
Request technical information No current public document is registered against this exact page yet. Tell Apollo what the project needs and the team can review the current product/configuration-specific information available.
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Build the weather-protection package around the property.
Send the location, plans, photos, opening dimensions and the weather exposures you are planning for. If the exact product is not listed, Apollo can review suitable supply pathways against the project brief.