How Honeycomb Shades Boost Your Home's Energy Efficiency
First introduced by renowned window treatment manufacturer Hunter Douglas in 1985, cellular shades, aka honeycomb shades, revolutionized the window covering industry. Today, they're still a widely used type of window treatment, particularly in homes where energy efficiency is a top priority. Though their geometric, light-filtering shades may not look that dissimilar to other traditional window coverings, honeycomb shades are made with a unique design that provides quite the invigorating energy efficiency boost.
A Uniquely Insulating Design
If you've ever looked at cellular shades from the side, you'll know why they're also called "honeycomb" shades. Honeycomb shades are designed with a unique cellular structure resembling a honeycomb, consisting of multiple layers of fabric arranged in a series of long, empty air pockets. When the shade is down, the air pockets open up and trap air, acting as an insulating buffer between your windows and the interior of your home.
This insulating barrier is highly effective at slowing the heat transfer between the inside and outside of your home. In colder months, honeycomb shades keep warm air inside by preventing heat from escaping through the windows, and in the summer months, they block out solar heat, thereby reducing the load on your HVAC system. This dual-action insulation helps to maintain a stable indoor temperature, which can lead to noticeable savings on heating and cooling costs. As an added bonus, the insulating barriers can also help dampen external noise for a more peaceful, private, and relaxing home interior.
Additional Energy Savings Through Light Control
The honeycomb shade's uniquely insulating cellular design provides the biggest functional boost to your home's energy efficiency, but it can further contribute to said energy efficiency by improving shading and light diffusion. Many honeycomb shades are semi-sheer by design, but they can be customized with a variety of different opacities, allowing you to set the level of light-filtering capabilities they offer.
By effectively controlling the amount of natural light that enters your home, honeycomb blinds can help reduce the need for artificial lighting during the day. This not only lowers your electricity usage but also reduces the heat generated by light bulbs, which further helps to keep your space comfortable and energy-efficient. Plus, it helps you set a refreshing, all-natural ambiance inside your home!
Designing The Perfect Honeycomb Shades For You
Honeycomb shades are already impressive in their most basic iterations, but the perks don't stop there. With Amazing Blinds by Armi, you also have free reign to customize your honeycomb shades with a variety of different styles, colors, fabrics, opacities, and more. You don't have to compromise on your personal style to get the energy-efficiency-boosting benefits of honeycomb shades - with us, you can have it all.
We take special pride in helping our clients design their dream custom window coverings every day. If you'd like to customize a new set of honeycomb shades for your Seattle home, call Amazing Blinds by Armi today at 206-801-6010.
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