Energy Efficient Window Treatments for Year-Round Comfort
Did you know you could be facing up to 40% energy loss at the window? At Timan & Co., we have window treatment solutions that will help keep your Northeastern Ohio home more comfortable year round. Lower your energy costs. Experience fewer drafts. Get comfort all year long—without the need for new windows.
Duette® Honeycomb Shades
How Window Treatments Improve Energy Efficiency
Here in the Cleveland area, we see the full range of weather, from the intensity of the summer sun, to the bitter cold of winter. Energy efficient window treatments help regulate the temperature and comfort of your home.
Sunlight enters your windows, hitting surfaces and creating “hot spots” that contribute to rising interior temperatures. Energy efficient window treatments can block and reduce the light to keep your home comfortable.
Exterior air and interior air meet at the window, with interior air being easily influenced to match exterior temperatures. Thermal fabrics, cellular shades and interior shutters provide an insulating barrier that protects your home’s airflow.
Schedule a free design consultation to find out how to get the benefits of an energy efficient home for you and your family.
The Best Energy Efficient Window Treatments
Honeycomb & Cellular Shades
When it comes to insulating the windows of your home, honeycomb and cellular shades have the highest rated performance. Cellular pockets reduce airflow, maintaining interior temperatures for comfort and control. Duette® Honeycomb Shades and Sonnette® Cellular Roller Shades offer these valuable insulating properties. For sliding doors and large windows, vertical honeycomb shade structure is available with the Duette® with Vertiglide™ collection. When you choose dual shades for our woven woods collection, you’ll also receive these cellular shade benefits, as the secondary shade is a honeycomb shade in Provenance® Woven Wood Shades with Duolite®.
Fabric Shades with Thermal Ratings
When it comes to protecting your home from rising temperatures, or keeping the chilly drafts of winter away, thermal fabrics and liners are another way to insulate your home and reduce heat transfer. With our collections of Custom Roman Shades, you’ll discover fabric shades that offer specialty fabrics and dual shade offerings for additional layers of protection. The Vignette® Modern Roman Shades collection is known for its energy efficient performance.
Energy Saving Window Blinds
By stopping direct sunlight from entering your Cleveland area home, all window blinds provide light control with the slats closed, reducing energy costs. The newest Hunter Douglas product, Aria Fabric Blinds, offers a unique fabric structure that also regulates temperatures with fabric layers similar to the qualities of a cellular shade.
Interior Shutters
All three collections of Hunter Douglas shutters are framed at the window. This provides better insulation at the window. Shutter louvers adjust closed, stopping intense sunlight from heating up the interior of the home. Even directing the louvers up toward the ceiling can reduce heat gain, as the light softens, less capable of creating hot spots.
Thermal Drapery Fabrics, Liners & Layers
When homeowners want to insulate their windows and protect against rising interior temperatures, they often look to custom draperies to do the job. Specialty thermal fabrics are available to insulate, while adding liners can increase energy efficient capabilities. Layering window coverings with draperies is another technique that results in reducing energy costs and creating a more comfortable home.
FAQ: Energy Saving Window Treatments
Here in Cuyahoga County and the surrounding areas, we certainly have reasons to be considered with the energy efficiency of our homes. Did you know that you could be losing up to 40% of your home’s energy out the window? Scroll on down to see some of the top questions, or get in touch with our team to get answers to your own questions about your home.
Which Window Treatments Are Best for Energy Efficiency?
Cellular shades and Honeycomb shades are rated the highest in the industry. Hunter Douglas honeycomb shades have even been recognized by the US government–the first performance rating given for energy saving. Visit energy.gov to learn more about this achievement. We also have a new product—Sonnette® cellular roller shades—that boasts an energy efficient, cellular design, yet also rolls into the headrail. Fabric shades and drapery are another incredible way to stop the outside weather from influencing your home’s temperature. And, many homeowners don’t realize it, but shutters are another option. They are framed into the window, reducing drafts and air flow.
Do Energy Efficient Window Treatments Really Work in Ohio?
Yes. By insulating the windows, cellular shades and thermal fabric window treatments create a barrier or protection. You’ll greatly reduce the rising interior temperatures we face during the hottest times of year, and you’ll stop feeling the chilly drafts of winter that are so common here.
Which Rooms Need Energy Efficient Window Treatments the Most?
The most popular spaces for energy efficient window treatment benefits are South-facing rooms that receive direct sunlight most of the day—especially in the summertime. For window treatments that insulate your home from the chilly drafts of winter, it’s often the bedrooms of the home that Ohio homeowners are most interested in so the interior temperatures can stay comfortable no matter what’s happening outside. The living room is another room in the home where energy efficient window treatments are requested—with requests for insulation against the summer heat and winter chill.
What Do Homeowners Choose for Energy Saving If They Want the Natural Light?
This is something we deal with pretty regularly in this part of the country. Obviously, you want the intense heat and cold to stay out, but you don’t want to miss out on that natural, mood-boosting light! One option is Duolite® dual shades for honeycomb windows. Two shades are seamlessly joined, a light-filtering portion & a room darkening one. Then, you adjust the shade to suit your needs. It’s almost like top down shades, but the view-through top is actually a cellular shade which insulates the window while soft light enters.
Is It Better to Replace the Windows? Or Get Energy Saving Window Treatments?
We all know how much of an investment homeownership is. Purchasing an entire home of windows can really put a strain on your budget. We like to remind people that even after you buy all new windows, you’ll still need window treatments. With the purchase of window coverings, they add the energy efficiency you need to keep the drafts away and make your home beautiful without new windows. Everyone’s situation is different, but it’s something to consider!
What Are the Best Features for Home Energy Efficiency?
Beyond choosing the right window coverings, it’s the features that can result in the best performance.
Top Down Bottom Up
The top down feature is a terrific way to bring natural light into your home. The sunlight glides across the ceiling, illuminating the entire space. You get plenty of light, but the majority of the window remains covered for energy efficient benefits.
Duolite® Dual Shades
We’ve already mentioned how the dual shade system can help create a more comfortable atmosphere with cellular shades. Beyond that, dual shades are available with a number of our Hunter Douglas shades, which means you can enjoy natural light and exterior views, but when it matters most, that secondary shade can take its place on the window and protect your home’s comfort.
Motorized Window Treatments
PowerView® Automation is available for almost all of our window treatments. It’s such an effortless addition to your home. Smart shades can adjust on a schedule so you can experience the most efficient atmosphere. Bring in the early morning sunshine, and then when it starts to heat up mid-morning, your shades are already closing. They’ll automatically open in the evening so you can enjoy that soft, dusk light.
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