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Shade Openness Simulator - Education Setting
Roller Shade
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Openness Simulator
Shade Openness Simulator - Healthcare Setting
Roller Shade
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Shade Openness Simulator - Office Setting
Roller Shade
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Understanding View-Through
The color and the openness of roller shade fabric plays an important role in determining views to the outside. Dark colors absorb light, allowing for greater view-through, while lighter fabrics reflect light, resulting in decreased views.
A higher openness factor means a looser weave, resulting in more transparent views. The opposite is true for a lower openness factor whereby the tighter weave means reduced views to the outside. The images below help to illustrate how both color and openness affect views to the outside.
Benefits of Roller Shades
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Benefits of Roller Shades
Controlling Solar Heat
Different selections of fabrics for roller shades can affect the solar heat gain of the spaces where they are installed. This is a critical factor to take into account when considering occupant comfort.
Glare Control
Roller shades allow occupants to control manually or through automation the direction and amount of sunlight entering their space, with light-filtering fabrics that eliminate glare and reflections. Hundreds of fabric choices enable precise levels of daylight control and privacy,
Daylight Management
Increased daylight can increase occupant productivity, decrease occupant stress, and reduce the amount of energy used for traditional lighting. Roller shades help to manage and optimize this natural daylight while maintaining views to the outside.
Energy Efficiency
Reducing the energy demand and increasing the efficiency of a building helps to determine its carbon footprint and utility cost. Automated roller shades help to reduce the HVAC load by dynamically adjusting based on the sun's angles throughout the day.
Motorization vs Automation
Motorization vs Automation
Technology
Would you like the shades in your office to open when you press a button on a wall, or every morning at 8 am? The motorization and/or automation of shading solutions is one of the fastest-growing and dynamic segments of the industry.
What is the difference?
Motorization
Motorization means simply "to equip with a motor." For example, flip a switch up, and the
shade motor rolls up, flip a switch down, and the shade motor rolls down. Typically, a more straightforward means of operation which requires the occupant to actively participate in telling the shade what to do.
Automation
Automation or automatic control is more complex and almost always involves various control systems for operating a shading system. These systems can operate independently, requiring minimal or reduced occupant intervention, within the guidelines we program or input. Often referred to as intelligent control, the primary goal of automating shading systems is to improve energy efficiency. Additional benefits include improved accessibility, ease of operation, and overall convenience.
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