How Do Exterior Motorized Shades Save Energy?
How Do Exterior Motorized Shades Save Energy?
The added comfort and convenience exterior motorized shades can bring to your home is reason enough to install them. Did you know they can also save on your utility bills? Around 75% of the sunlight that hits the average window will be transferred inside as heat. Exterior motorized shades can both protect against that unwanted heating in the summer and can take advantage of it in the winter.
What Are Exterior Motorized Shades
Exterior motorized shades include all the wonderful comfort and privacy benefits of traditional shades, but shift them to the exterior of your home, and add the convenience of motorized controls. To take advantage of their full functionality, they can be integrated with a broader home automation system to work in tandem with your HVAC system for ultimate comfort and savings.
Summer Energy Savings
Most people know that adding window coverings can keep a home cooler by blocking direct sunlight from coming into rooms. What many people don't think about, however, is that the vast majority of the heat has already entered a home by the time it reaches the interior blinds, shades, or drapery installed to block it. Exterior shades, on the other hand, stop the sunlight before it even reaches your windows, offering superior heat blocking. Less heat coming in means your cooling system runs less, and you save money. Even better, the less your air conditioning needs to run, the longer the equipment will last and the less servicing it's likely to require.
Winter Energy Savings
You can take advantage of the reverse system in the winter, with exterior shades that open to allow the sun's radiant heat to enter, so your heating costs can be reduced.
At Nextgen Multi Media, we want to make your home more comfortable, convenient, and to save you money with our motorized exterior shades and other
home automation and
networking solutions. Contact us today to start planning with our expert team.





