Do solar shades keep the cold out?
04-08-2022With rising energy prices and uncertainty about what’s to follow, we should actively think about making our homes energy efficient. Now solar shades are great for blocking the sun and heat during hot summers, but do they keep the cold out too? In this blog article, we'll show you how solar shades contribute to a better insulated home.
Insulating your home: do or don’t?
By insulating your home, you can control the room temperature more easily. It results in less heat loss, which means you can use the air conditioner and boiler less often to keep the temperature just right
Heat loss at homes
- 30% roofs
- 20% refreshed air
- 20% walls
- 15% windows
- 10% floor
- 5% thermal bridges
Well-insulated homes are kept warm during cold winters but might get overheated during summers. This is because it’s more difficult for the heat to escape well-insulated homes. Luckily, you can reduce the temperature increase at home by adding sun shading solutions in front of your windows. These products do not only provide insulation, but also protect your home from the sun and heat.
Sun shading for your windows: more than just insulation
Let’s look at some of the benefits of sun shading solutions for your windows: they protect from the cold, prevent overheating, they are dynamic, and they offer protection from sun glares.
An extra insulation layer
To prevent heat loss, you should properly insulate your walls, windows, roof, and floor. By adding sun shading systems in front of your window, you’re creating an extra insulation layer. As result, it will become more difficult for the heat to escape your rooms, so that you can keep your home warm during the colder winter days.
Protection from overheating
So, sun shading system can shape an insulation layer and yet they can prevent your home from overheating. Products like roller shutters and vertical awnings can fully cover you window, and the awning fabric of these products blocks most of the sun rays from entering your room. This allows you to keep your home dark and cool during the hottest summer days.
Dynamic sun shading
Sun shading systems are dynamic products, which means they can be opened and closed. This allows you to respond to the changing weather conditions. At summer, roll down your sun shading product once the sun starts shining, and roll it up and open your windows to ventilate your room at night.
During winters, you can keep your sun shading system rolled up to enjoy some warm sun rays. Then, roll them down at night for that extra layer of insulation.
Control the amount of light
Last of all, you can control the amount of light in your home. Getting tired of those annoying glares and reflections on your tv screen? Roll down your zipscreens. Need some sunlight? Roll up your roller shutters.
Products for insulating your windows
Roller shutters and zipscreens are excellent options for insulating your windows and blocking the cold. These vertical sun shading types are installed at the exterior. They can be operated easily, which allows you to create the ideal living circumstances at home.
More information? Check out the product pages of roller shutters and zipscreens to discover all the benefits.
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