How you can help your signage customers with solar control films

Carbon footprint reduction has become a business priority worldwide. And with rising energy costs now also a global concern, there’s a sharp focus on limiting the need to cool buildings using energy-intensive air conditioning. For workplaces, retail spaces, schools and private homes, self-adhesive Sun Protection Window Films offer a practical, affordable, and durable solution.

Applied to windows, shopfronts, and glass facades, Sun Protection Window Films can play a powerful role in reducing the amount of heat and light entering a building.

Normally your customers would have to choose between pricey cooling systems or completely blocking off the sun rays with blinds. But Solar Control Films are a completely new approach.

They can reject up to 86% of total solar energy radiation while letting through a good amount of natural daylight. We call this ‘passive cooling’. It can reduce indoor temperatures by between 3.5 and 12°C on average.

How does this help your customers?

1. Up to 30% energy saving

The impact on a building’s running costs can be substantial. Potential energy saving in an air-conditioned business can be up to 30%, depending on the chosen sun film and the climate of the region.

How?

By shortening cooling cycles of air conditioning systems, hence reducing the energy they use. Maintenance costs for air conditioning systems will therefore also be reduced. Or, depending on the situation, your customers can avoid installing air conditioning altogether.

Sun control films can be the perfect solution for your hospitality and retail customers who need a cost-efficient way to reduce indoor temperatures. Especially if they operate in a rented space, where they are not allowed to install cooling systems or make permanent changes.

2. Improved well-being and productivity

Sun Protection Window Films and UV Protection Window Films inherently filter out harsh UV rays which can be harmful.

As well as lowering indoor temperatures, Sun Protection Window Films eliminate hot spots and minimise glare on screens; improving comfort, with positive effects on health, well-being and productivity. We all can probably remember a summer day when it was way too hot to function. With sun films, everyone can enjoy the sunshine, without its negative effects.

At a practical level, Sun protection Window Films and UV Protection Window Films also delay the fading of furniture, carpets, wall coverings, and furnishings, effectively extending their lifespan and reducing long-term refurbishment costs and waste.

Sun Films: A clear growth opportunity for sign makers, graphic producers and installers

Solar films can be applied to virtually any exterior or interior glass surface by any installer experienced in applying decorative or promotional window graphics. And just like other films, they can be removed at any time without damage to the window.

Market demand for these functional ‘climate control’ films is increasing year on year; as weather conditions change and customers recognise the potential environment and cost-saving benefits of these solutions against the relatively low investment required.

At the same time, national governments in many countries are imposing more ambitious targets for carbon reduction, with buildings among the priorities for improvement. So Sun Protection Window Films offer a lucrative, high-margin growth opportunity for visual communications businesses.

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Performance products, expert support

At Spandex, we offer a broad selection of sun protection glass films from leading brands covering a huge variety of aesthetic and performance attributes. You have access to a comprehensive choice of highly engineered films for a big range of projects.

And, if you’re new to Solar Protection Window Film products, we can support you with all the project, product, and application expertise.