Automated window treatments can go a long way in boosting a home’s energy efficiency, keeping homeowners comfortable during every season. Home automation is an effective way to lessen energy and resource usage, and it also helps to cut down on utility and maintenance costs. Homeowners are seeking reliable and simple ways to monitor and control the temperature throughout their entire home. This becomes especially important and challenging in those hot summer months. - One fast-growing technology that smart homeowners use to help keep temperature in check is an energy monitoring device. This technology allows homeowners to make decisions about which areas of the home need to be prioritized for heating, cooling, insulation and electricity savings.
- A smart thermostat is another powerful tool for energy management in the home. It allows homeowners to control their home’s cooling systems from anywhere via mobile apps, monitor and adjust energy usage, and report system issues into homeowners in real time.
- Smart window treatments are spiking in popularity as a home-energy management solution.
Windows play a huge role in temperature regulation. When automated, - shades can adjust on a schedule based on how the sun moves around the house and in coordination with other devices like a smart thermostat. They can insulate the window in the winter to keep warm air in and block the sun in the summer to keep the heat out.
- By integrating with existing smart home systems, homeowners have the option to adjust their shades at any time, from anywhere, with a convenient press of a button, a voice command or within a mobile app.
- Power options like rechargeable battery wands and hardwired systems ensure that shades perform reliably when insulation is needed most, like at high noon when the sun is glaring.
- From shade styles designed specifically to insulate up to 80 percent of unwanted solar heat at the window to fabrics that stop UV rays from infiltrating the home, implementing smart shading solutions offer the material benefits of energy-saving fabrics and the functional benefits of automation. Room darkening and blackout fabrics for shades also contribute to energy efficiency.
Automated shades allow homeowners to let light in nearly instantly when it’s cool and close blinds on scorching days.
AERC provides an unbiased, third-party certification of the energy-saving potential of a window attachment product. AERC-rated and certified window treatments offer benefits across climates helping maintain temperature so homeowners are not spending more than they need to on heat or air conditioning.
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