Automatic Blinds: Benefits

Introduction

Energy efficiency is an important element for anyone building or remodelling a home. The way a house is constructed can affect how much energy it needs, from insulation to location. Automatic Blinds are an easy addition you can make to your home to help to control its temperature, even though a Passive House, which can stay pleasant through all seasons without using an active heating or cooling system, may be a tall ideal for many people.

By opening and closing at set intervals, smart, automatic shades can help you regulate the natural solar gain and heat loss that your home experiences throughout the day. The application of smart home technology allows blinds to learn when to open and close in response to temperature and sunlight, improving the HVAC system's energy efficiency.

Benefits

1.Convenience

Simply pressing a button, using a remote control, or using an app on a smartphone allows you to open and close automatic blinds. If window coverings are this simple to open and close, you're much more likely to remember to do so to protect yourself and the environment. Window coverings are a tested way to stop heat loss and reduce solar gain. You might never have to worry about them at all because you can plan them to open and close at specific times.

2. Energy Saving

The energy usage of your HVAC system can be decreased by allowing automatic blinds to respond freely to readings from temperature and sunlight sensors that are also linked to the smart hub. As a result, the blinds can recognize once to shut throughout the most popular part of the day to lower HVAC usage or whether open throughout a sunny day within the winter to let the sun naturally heats an area.

3. Smart Home Integration

The time of day, the outside temperature, and the temperature within the house are all factors that smart thermostats can use to decide if opening or closing the smart blinds will help to reduce energy use. With the help of all these data points, the thermostat can determine when a room is too hot and shut the blinds rather than turn on the air conditioning, or it may determine when a room is too chill and do the opposite.

4. Safety & Security

Thanks to its automatic operation, automatic window blinds are a safer and more trustworthy window treatment choice for your home than old methods of operation. The wires and chains that are needed to control stationary window treatments are completed with automatic blinds. With this design, choking and suffocation risks for kids and animals are also removed to annoying tangles. The majority of automatic blinds may be pre-programmed on a timer to open and close using a smart device. By giving the impression that someone is home and preventing spammers, this convenience can increase the security of your home.

5. Smart Lighting

Smart blinds can help optimise the amount of daylight in your home while linked with smart lights to reduce the amount of electricity used. It can, for instance, be made to switch off when the blinds are opened and vice versa.

You can operate blinds with a push-button control without touching them

The last thing you want to do is get up from your couch while you are reading a book or watching a movie to open your curtains. When the sun glares on your TV, automatic window blinds can be controlled to close or can be operated manually.

Conclusion

Automatic blinds can affect the energy value of your windows, even without technology. The R-value of the common roller and honeycomb blinds is 4.3. (The R-value of a conventional double-glazed window is 2.0.) Additionally, automatic drapes that protect windows are a solution.

About us

Sun Blinds is a highly reputable company in Calgary supplying the best in blinds & coverings to customers across the city. Founded in 2003, we are passionate about providing premier products and services in window treatment, offering a broad catalogue of standard and custom blinds and covering solutions. We sell and install all kinds of custom blinds for commercial and residential clients. Our Design and color expert will guide you about the choices of Blinds/Shades which will enhance the interior of your Home.

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