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Architectural Specifications

For the latest in Solatube® CSI Specifications, you can either use our Solatube SpecWizard Tool or download our comprehensive editable CSI Specification files to craft your project.

SpecWizard: our quick and easy interactive specification development tool.

Comprehensive Specifications (editable)

Solatube® Brighten Up® Series

Product Cut Sheets

Product Specification Sheets
Call them what you will (Product Specification Sheets, Cut Sheets, or Submittal Sheets), use these editable.pdf forms to build a unique Solatube product description number for each type of Solatube Daylighting System used in your building’s design. *NOTE: In order to save a cut sheet you fill out, you may need the full version of Adobe Acrobat and not the free reader.

Solatube® Brighten Up® Series

Solatube Daylighting System 160 DS (10 in./250 mm)
Solatube Daylighting System 290 DS (14 in./350 mm)
Solatube Daylighting System 160 DS Square (10 in./250 mm)
Solatube Daylighting System 290 DS Square (14 in./350 mm)

Building Information Models (BIM)

The BIM Object(s) below are filled with data and they can easily be downloaded and customized for your residential or commercial project.

Solatube® Brighten Up® Series

Solatube® Daylighting System 160 DS (10 in./250 mm) No Pitch Flashing
Solatube® Daylighting System 160 DS (10 in./250 mm) Pitched Flashing
Solatube® Daylighting System 160 DS (10 in./250 mm) Diffuser
Solatube® Daylighting System 290 DS (14 in./350 mm) No Pitch Flashing
Solatube® Daylighting System 290 DS (14 in./350 mm) Pitched Flashing
Solatube® Daylighting System 290 DS (14 in./350 mm) Curb Cap Flashing
Solatube® Daylighting System 290 DS (14 in./350 mm) Diffuser

Solatube® Product Accessories

CAD Drawings

CAD Drawings
NOTE: If you experience problems downloading the .dwg files, right click to “save target as” to your desktop. Open the file from your desktop.

Solatube® 160 DS (10 in/250 mm Daylighting System)

Solatube® 160 DS Compact Fluorescent Light Kit
Solatube® 160 DS 0-90 Degree Extension Tube

Solatube® 290 DS (14 in/350 mm Daylighting System)

Solatube® 290 DS Curb Cap with Curb Cap Insulation
Solatube® 290 DS 0-90 Degree Extension Tube
Solatube® 290 DS Curb Mounted Flashing Pitched Roof with Hard Ceiling
Solatube® 290 DS Low Profile Self Flashing Hard Ceiling

Previous Products

Solatube® 330 DS-O (21 in/530 mm Daylighting System) Open Ceiling Configurations

Solatube® 330 DS-O Curb Cap Flashing Pitched Roof with Angle Adapter

Integrated LED Light Kit

Solatube® 300 DS-C Suspended Ceiling Configurations

Solatube® 300DS-C Pitched Self Flashing w/ Metal Transition Box with SoftLight Technology and SoftLight Extension Tube

Brighten Up® Series

Solatube® 160 ISn & 290 ISn Instructions (English)
Solatube® 160 DS & 290 DS Instructions (English)
Metal Roof Instructions
Universal Tile Flashing Kit Instructions (Europe)
Re-Roofing Instructions
Flashing Insulator Instructions
Integrated LED Installation Instructions

Previous Products

Metal Roof Flashing Instructions
Solatube® 160 DS & 290 DS Instructions (English) (Pre October 2010)

SolaMaster® Series

Flashing Insulator Instructions

United States & Canada - Product Evaluations & Approvals

Code Compliance Research Report (CCRR-0131)
Texas Department of Insurance SK-19 (Impact Resistant, Solatube 160 & 290 DS)
Texas Department of Insurance SK-21 (Non-impact Resistant, Solatube 160 & 290 DS)
State of Florida Department of Community Affairs Demonstration of Product Compliance for HVHZ
Texas Department of Insurance SK-57 (Impact Resistant, Solatube 290 DS Low Profile)

United States & Canada - Product Certifications

Certification Authorization Report 110-110 (Current Solatube 160 DS & 290 DS, HVWZ)
Certification Authorization Report 110-115 (Current Solatube 160 DS & 290 DS)
TDI Wind-Borne Debris & FBC HVHZ 110-201 (Current Solatube 160 & 290 DS)
Certification Authorization Report 110-116 (Current 160 DS & 290 DS)
Certification Authorization Report 110-127 (290 DS Low Profile)
Certification Authorization Report 110-206 (290 DS Low Profile LAMI HVHZ)

NFRC Thermal and VT Ratings

Solatube Tubular Device Visible Transmittance (VT) Summary
Solatube Thermal Performance Matrix

Europe

BBA Certification (Solatube 160 DS, 290 DS)

Previous Products & Approvals

Code Compliance Research Report (CCRR)
Dade County Acceptance No 03-1016.01 ( Solatube® 21-C & 21-O)
ICC ESR 2253 Test Report (December 1, 2006)
FBC 2004 FL7819 (Solatube® 160 DS & 290 DS)
Texas Department of Insurance (Impact Resistant)
Texas Department of Insurance (Impact, 10", 14", 21" Polycarbonate)
Texas Department of Insurance (Non-impact 10", 14", 21" Acrylic)
FBC 2007 FL 11480 HVHZ (Solatube 160 DS, 290 DS, 750 DS)
Code Compliance Research Report (CCRR-0131)

Solution Center for Fire Rated Applications

MSDS (Product Materials Specifications)

The sealant is a hazardous substance. Please use extreme caution. See the attached Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for information before opening. All other components (“articles”) fall under the Occupational Safety and Health Communication Standard 1910.1200 which indicates at Section 1910.1200(b)(6) that, other than for the sealants used during Solatube® skylight installation, none of the other parts (“articles”) used in the Solatube® skylight pose a health risk and do not require a Material Safety Data Sheet. (See the Occupational Safety and Health Communication Standard 1910.1200 reference below.) 

Occupational Safety and Health Communication Standard 1910.1200(b)(6)(v)
Paragraph c

"Article" means a manufactured item other than a fluid or particle: (i) which is formed to a specific shape or design during manufacture; (ii) which has end use function(s) dependent in whole or in part upon its shape or design during end use; and (iii) which under normal conditions of use does not release more than very small quantities, e.g., minute or trace amounts of a hazardous chemical (as determined under paragraph (d) of this section), and does not pose a physical hazard or health risk to employees.

Solatube Component

Ceiling Ring Seal (Evoprene)
BASF Sonolastic® TX 1 Sealant
Flexseal Flashing Sealant

Product Literature

Solatube® Daylighting Residential Brochure
Solatube® Education Folio
Solatube Commercial Design Collection Book

Product Technology

FAQ - Light Quality and Spectralight Infinity
Light Output Chart of Tubing Materials
Daylighting Fact Sheet - Understanding Differences in Tubing

Daylighting Photometric IES

Solatube International offers an extensive library of photometric data files for every product configuration for over 130 site locations. Please contact your local Commercial Distributor or Solatube Representative in your area to get the files most appropriate for your lighting design.

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LED Photometric IES

Solatube® Brighten Up® Series

Solatube® Brighten Up® Photometric IES Integrated LED Light Kit

LED Light Kit Powering and Controlling Guidelines

Solatube Commercial Integrated LED Light Kit