Choosing an excellent reflective window film option for tinting your windows, such as the Solutia Performance Films (including Llumar and Vista Window Films), can offer many advantages. Did you know that about 80 – 90% of the sun’s UV rays come right through your windows into your home? That’s around 80% for double-pane windows and 90% for single. The UV rays within your home can do damage similar to the rays found outside. They are still UV rays after all. While approximately 80% of skin aging can be attributed to the effects of UV rays, much of the deterioration of furniture and flooring fading can also be attributed to the effects of the sun’s UV rays entering your home. The best way to protect your home from the sun is to limit the amount of the UV rays that enter your home. Reflective window film can eliminate almost 100% of the UV rays that would otherwise enter your home through your windows.
In contrast to letting harmful UV rays in, windows are also one of the main sources of letting the energy you put into heating and cooling your home escape out into the environment. In the United States alone, a significant percentage of greenhouse gas emissions are generated from the energy used in the people’s homes. Reflective window film is a great solution if you are trying to reduce your home’s carbon footprint, since up to three times as much energy can be lost through the glass as through the framing parts of the window.
In fact, reflective window film works better than the dyes that can be used to tint window glass, especially in a warm climate. Dyes function to absorb heat and return it back to the outdoors, but if it is hot, stale air this process for transferring heat back to the outdoors becomes almost completely inactivated. If you are health and environmentally conscious, then you should seriously consider reflective window film. Contact us at Sundown Home & Office Window Tint, Blinds & Shades for help in finding the product that is right for you!
