Made In The Shade: Savings and Style With Window Coverings
'Honeycomb within a Honeycomb'
“The oil shortages of the early 1970's, as well as today’s problems have heightened everybody’s awareness of energy and conservation. Often 75% or more of heated or cooled air lost through window glass can be stopped by your shades and/or blinds,” says Carla Mason, Owner of Creative Energy Products of Madison. “At Creative Energy,” Mason continues,“most of our clients are looking for style and functionality first when it comes to their window treatments. After that, if the products can help conserve energy, that’s even better.
Today’s high quality window coverings have technology that simply didn’t exist twenty or thirty years ago. New materials have made shades thinner, lighter, more durable, and allows them to perform better, and the R values for limiting heat exchange are better than ever. Fabrics, color selections, and various types of mounting systems allow for more effective uses and applications of shades and window treatments than ever before. The new materials also allow more creative construction such as the ‘Honeycomb within a Honeycomb’ shade manufactured by Hunter Douglas (pictured above), which in turn also creates additional performance. “Let’s face it, conservation in today’s energy marketplace means saving money. We feel we can fulfill your needs by providing you with the best looking window covers that will actually save you money over time. It’s like getting paid for doing the right thing.”
Technology has provided new materials that deliver great style (as shown with these Hunter Douglas blinds), with superior performance in terms if light control, privacy, complete black-out ability, solar protection and minimizing heat transfer in either cooling or heating applications.
“Our focus has always been on giving our clients the best of both worlds — great style and functionality as well as saving on their heating and cooling bills.” Carla Mason Owner of Creative Energy Products.
