Save Energy and Money Year-Round With Motorized Window Shades
Motorized window treatments can help you regulate the temperature of your home and save money on utilities all year
A Louisiana summer comes with a double headache: blistering heat and high A/C bills. Here at Electronics Professionals, we recommend a solution that’s eco-friendly all year long. Motorized window treatments are aesthetically pleasing, available in a variety of designs and colors and an energy-efficient method for regulating energy output at home.
Automated shades can help you optimize how you use and conserve energy in your Lafayette home year-round, especially when window treatments are integrated with a home automation system. Keep reading to learn how.
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Monitor Your Temperatures With Ease
When it’s bright and sunny outside, sunlight streaming in through the windows can heat your home quickly and cause the air conditioning unit to kick into high gear. When your HVAC system is working harder to keep your house cool, it’s expending more energy and running up your utility bill every month. With automated window treatments, you can close the shades during the hottest times of day to block the sun and seal cold air inside.
During winter, cut down on heating expenses by opening your shades during the day to let sunlight warm the house. In the evenings, as the sun sets and the temperature drops, lower the shades to lock the heat inside and insulate your home.
Let In the Light During Fall and Spring
You can use automated window treatments for daylighting when the weather is more temperate during spring and fall. Reduce your in-home lighting costs by letting the sun fill your home with natural light during the day. Sunlight is an energy-efficient lighting solution, and exposure to natural lighting can have beneficial effects on physical, mental and emotional health.
Conserve Energy All Year With Home Automation
Home automation is the key to unlocking all the benefits listed above. With an automated system, you can conserve energy and save money by controlling all your window treatments in one place, setting schedules and integrating your shades to work with smart climate control.
With a home automation system from Control4 or Savant, you can access and control all your automated window treatments on one platform. Use one-touch control via a smartphone app, tablet, remote or keypad to open or close any shade in your home.
Make the most of your window shades by setting schedules for them. Within your automation system, you can program your shades to rise automatically with the sun, lower in the evenings, or open and close at certain times during the day. During the summer, schedule your shades to close during the hottest times of day to help keep your home cool.
Optimize the performance of automated shades by integrating them with a smart climate control system. Pairing a smart thermostat with motorized window treatments can help you conserve energy. When your smart thermostat senses that it is too hot or cold in your house, it can trigger your shades to open or close instead of automatically running the HVAC system.
At Electronics Professionals, we can help you design a custom window treatment solution to meet your energy, budget and aesthetic needs. Contact us today by calling 337-268-9753 or filling out our contact form. You can also chat with us live using the chat box on your screen!
