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Sometimes
You Talk About Fashion...
Sometimes You Talk About Function...
With Hunter Douglas Products You CAN Have Both
Fall
is here. Winter is coming. With recent events, energy
efficiency is on people's minds more than ever before.
The cost of heating a home is expected to skyrocket again
this winter. Your customers need you but if they think
window coverings are just for fashion, they may not know you
can help.
Take a
positive and proactive approach to advise your customers.
Let them know what you can do for them with energy efficient window coverings. Make sure you talk about the cost saving and comfort providing aspects of Hunter Douglas window
fashions in your advertising and with every potential
customer. Call your customers that left
some windows uncovered over the spring and summer. Remind them that no matter how efficient
their windows may be, ANY type of window covering can improve it and some
window fashions can make a big difference.
The Best Energy Efficient Products For
Year round Heating and Cooling Benefits
1. Duette®
Honeycomb Shades, developed in response to the energy crisis, increase energy values at the window by 25 to 175 percent, depending upon single, double or triple thickness in the air-trapping construction. Duette has earned the highest energy-efficiency rating in the industry and ranks as the nation’s best-selling honeycomb shade.
Shades come in opaque, semi-opaque or sheer fabrics. For French and sliding doors, Duette with Vertiglide™ provides the same honeycomb construction with the shade’s pleats oriented vertically.
Recent improvements to Vertiglide make it more reliable than
ever for your customers. R-values for Duette reach as high as 4.8 for the triple honeycomb shades.
Don't forget to cover the Skylights! There are several options for Duette Shades for covering skylights which are a big source of heat loss in the winter and heat gain in the summer. This includes the new Duette PowerRise For Skylights options, which is far more affordable than previous motorized skylight shades and are installed with no wiring at all. From an installers point of view, it's much better to install skylight shades in the winter!
2. Trio™ Convertible Shades. While Trio
convertible shades sometimes look like Duette honeycomb
shades, the vanes expand and contract to allow the shade to
operate. With the R-Value of the semi-opaque version
of Trio at 3.94, you can be assured that the newest product
in the industry provides great efficiency.
3
Alouette Light Louvers. The fabric used in Alouette
Light Louvers is the same fabric of Duette Honeycomb Shades
used in an innovative new way. With opaque and
semi-opaque options and R-values as high as 2.97, Alouette
proves that energy efficiency can fit well with stylish new
design.
4.
Vertical Blinds can increase window insulation by 37 to 123 percent and block 95 to 99 percent of ultraviolet (UV) light. Hunter Douglas offers fabric, vinyl and aluminum styles in various finishes, as well as products that combine the softness of suede with the strength of metal. Hundreds of colors, textures and embossed patterns are available. R-values reach as high as 3.92 for vertical blinds.
3. Heritance Hardwood Shutters and Summerwind Shutters
--It's reasonable to expect shutters to help reduce heating and cooling bills and protect furnishings.
Shutters provide an R-Values of 2.75 and up. They block 95% to 100%
of unwanted UV rays.
4. Vignette® Window Shadings have the gentle look of a fine drapery, but are made of generously contoured folds of rich fabrics. They provide a 49 percent increase in window insulation value and block 99 percent of UV light. Vignette, which has an R-value of 2.63. All colors and pleat sizes of Vignette shadings are now available in the EveScape™ fabric option, which is completely room darkening.
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Understanding R-Values
Building materials are assigned an R-value according to the product’s ability to resist heat movement. The
higher the R-value the better it insulates your home. Most windows have an R-value of 0.9 to 3.0 and can be responsible for 40 to 70 percent of heat or cold transfer for an entire home. The heat loss or gain at your home’s
windows is impacted by the following:
1 Window properties. Window frames are typically metal, wood or vinyl. The R-value of a metal frame can be 5 to 20 percent lower than a wood or vinyl frame window. A single layer of uncovered window glass has an
R-value of 1.16. Advances in glass coatings and assembly methods are improving the energy performance of new windows, but a window’s age, quality of construction, and the condition of sashes, weather stripping and caulking will impact how much air
infiltrates or escapes your home.
2 Window square footage is considerably up from years
gone by. Now windows make up 20 percent of the typical home exterior and
even up to 40 percent or more in newer construction. Numerous large, uncovered windows can break your energy budget when they’re on a cold north exposure in winter or a sun-saturated west wall in summer.
3 Window coverings. Heat moves towards cold. In the winter it’s drawn to cold glass to escape your home (see illustration below). In the summer outdoor heat moves toward the windows of your air-conditioned home. The white exterior backing on all Hunter Douglas proprietary products reflects the sun. Using layers and cellular construction treatments at your windows can increase R-value by 1 to nearly 5 points. In extreme climates, that could save more dollars than you would spend to install windows with a higher energy
efficiency
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