About Terrazzo Lumina
Sensitile Terrazzo Lumina™ slabs & tiles utilize patented technologies to infuse light into a finely crafted concrete substrate.
By combining opposites - light and stone - a surprisingly elegant building material is born. One which is able to efficiently transport light emanating from unseen LED sources, through its solid mass and emit it from myriad points on its surface.
Terrazzo Lumina™ is an immensely adaptable material systems that is available both as pre-cast tiles and slabs but can also be custom cast to the specific requirements of different projects.
Terrazzo Lumina™ not only uses energy efficient, low wattage LED lighting but this sustainable building material also has a minimum of 20% post consumer recycled content for LEED points.
| Composition | Polymer modified cement and embedded light guides |
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| Cladding Colors | Numerous standard colors each available in speckled or solid finish |
| Finish | Semi Gloss Urethane and Penetrating |
| Tile Sizes | 1-1/4" thick - 24" x 24" |
| Slab Sizes | 1-1/2" thick - custom made to size and shape - typical lengths up to 8 feet |
| Terminal Size | 0.1" x 0.25" standard |
| Terminal Density | 30 - 40 per square foot typical |
| Illumination | Edge-lit and back-lit (for counter-top applications) The material can also be designed for other types of strategic lighting. Please refer to the Terrazzo Lumina Lighting Guide on the Documents Tab. |
| Options & Services | Edge finishing and profiling, custom colors and color matching, 2-D and 3-D shapes; custom terminal density, size and arrangement. |
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- cladding
The outer face and back layers of the panel product, sandwiching the core. The front cladding is typically clear or a transparent color. The rear cladding has options for clear, transparent or dichroic colors, and clear or transparent color mirrors. Either side can be finished in glossy, frosted or matte surfaces.
- core
The center portion of the panel product, sandwiched between a face and back cladding. Typically patterned to influence light by reflection, refraction, transmission, diffusion and dissipation.
- grain
The direction in which the panel core strips run. Typically parallel to the long or short edge, customer specified. Influences how the panel is illuminated.
- grain thickness
The thickness of the core strips that make up the grain in a panel product.
- HD
High Density with regard to the terminals on Terrazzo products. It has the greatest density.
- light conducting channels
Optical pathways designed to direct light from one point and diffuse at another location. Constructed from acrylic.
- light guides
See light conducting channels.
- light point
In Lumina panels, the illuminated facet on the face of the product created by a light source and the paterns in the core strips.
- light point density
In Lumina panels, the count of light points per square foot on the face.
- pattern density
The percentage of the patterning per unit area in a panel product. The greater the precentage, the denser the pattern and more visual obscurity through the transparent panel.
- SC
Sensitile Cement with regard to our Terrazzo products.
- terminal
In terrazzo products, the visible portion of the light conducting channel on the surface. Typically rectangular, but can be round or square. Size, shape and density are customer specified.
