SEFAR® Architecture TENARA® Fabric is an innovative fabric that transmits light brilliantly, folds and drapes beautifully, and lasts for years, even outdoors. Tenara is the ideal material for luminous tensioned fabric structures, retractable roofs, air inflated structures, sculptures and lightweight structures of all kinds.
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New acoustic fibers on the market can detect and produce sound, turning clothing into microphones, capturing speech, and having monitoring capabilities.
Phase Change, which uses polymers to regulate temperature, could potentially make HVAC systems and parts of the heating and cooling industries obsolete.
Metal Rubber is a new materials that bends and stretches like rubber, but conducts electricity the way metal does.
C Zero is a finish technology by Crypton that is specially formulated for those looking for a fluorine-free solution for stain resistance on fabrics. C Zero is suitable for all fiber types, offering a full range of fabric options; however, fabrics with a smoother hand perform better than textured fabrics. Specs: Greenguard Gold Certified technology; environmentally preferable chemistry; closed-loop industrial processes that cycle waste back into production; 100% of fabric scraps recycled; free of potentially harmful levels of VOCs, PFOS, PFOA, formaldehyde, heavy metals, phenols, phthalates and skin sensitizers; no halogenated flame retardants (FRs); no PBDEs; recyclable; contributes to LEED for Healthcare credit for Furniture and Medical Furnishings; renewable energy and carbon offset credits.