Commercial Window Tinting
Modern day buildings utilize more glass than ever before. Buyers demand open-floor plans with floor-to-ceiling windows, so the extensive use of glass has become something of a standard in the architectural design of buildings in the 21st century. It's true that glass makes the building look really well on the outside and provides great views for the inhabitants, but at the same time, glass windows are notoriously known for being huge energy wasters causing higher energy costs. To tackle this problem, engineers have come up with an ingenious solution - commercial window tinting. The commercial window tinting adds a film to your windows, providing several benefits.
We all know that as beautiful as glass may be, glass is a very brittle material. Glass is also the weakest part of every building's exterior, providing easy access points for criminals, vandals, violent weather, and explosive forces. Statistics show that 64% of burglaries occur as a result of an intruder smashing through the exterior glass to gain entry. If you have a store, office or home, you can add the special "Armor Coat" film on the front glass, creating an invisible barrier that can deter entry and assist in protection against "smash and grab" burglaries. When such a film is added to your windows, in case of smashing, it will hold shattered glass together, providing a safer and more secure building, and reducing potential property loss and personal injury.
Along with the improved security, tinting windows on commercial properties lowers the energy bills. It's not a secret to anyone that as a material, glass is one of the worst heat insulators, as it allows the heat from the inside to go out during the winter and get in during the summer. To offset this effect, the U.S. consumes the energy equivalent of millions of barrels of oil every day. The reflective and non-reflective solar control commercial window films reject up to 78% of the sun's energy in the summer to substantially reduce air-conditioning load, while "insulating" the windows in the winter months to reduce heating costs. In that way, commercial window tinting is actually a money investment, which payback itself in as little as two years.
Most companies that offer commercial window tinting usually provide an energy analysis on your building using the U.S. Department of Energy standard to calculate your potential energy savings. In that way, you can verify when the investment will payback. Installation is quick and efficient with no disruption of business activity. Commercial window tinting provides a building with an aesthetically pleasing and consistent appearance. It will hide factory interiors and warehoused stock from public scrutiny, giving more privacy. It will hide employee desks and computer wiring while providing tenants a comfortable and cheerful environment, glare reduction, and U.V. protection. The window tint blocks out 95-99% of the UV-A rays that penetrate clear window glass, whereas the glass by itself blocks out only about 33%. This additional UV blocking power, in combination with the heat rejection, slows down the fading process of the furniture and keeps things looking new. That is also great news for your employees, because the exposure to UV radiation causes skin cancer and accelerates the aging of the skin.
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