It is a well-known fact that closing window blinds at night can reduce heat loss by at least 15%. During winter, automatic blinds help contain heat in the room and prevent heat leaks. Conversely, in the summer, they prevent excess heat from entering the house and keep cool breezes (provided by the air conditioner) from escaping the home. As a result, automatic blinds offer great control over temperature and energy consumption.
Innovative Options
Blinds brands provide innovative options in energy saving and energy conservation by ensuring remote control for lowering and raising the shades via smartphone apps and voice command. Moreover, programmed preferences can even set automatic blinds to respond to collected data such as temperature or pressure. However, these are all smart solutions that require a hub or a bridge which can integrate the smart blinds into a home automation system.
In the Summer
Saving energy in the summer can be achieved by closing the blinds in the afternoon or morning when the sun shines strongly. Tilting blinds at night is also useful in order to allow heat to escape and make the hot air leave the room more quickly. As a result, a lot of money can be saved by not constantly using the air conditioner to lower the temperature in the room.
During Winter and Autumn
Conversely, saving on energy costs during winter and summer can be achieved by closing the blinds to keep the heat in. Moreover, insulation (air pockets) can be added to the blinds in order to diminish heat loss. Furthermore, opening the blinds on sunny days is a way of harnessing sunlight that can easily heat up the rooms and, therefore, lower energy consumption. Finally, you can optimize energy usage by quickly adapting to sudden shifts in weather conditions. You can do that by using the Z-Wave wireless protocol that is compatible with all Z-Wave products regardless of brand.
Programming Blinds Strategically
You can program blinds strategically to conserve energy by setting the schedules in accordance with aforementioned advice. In order to do that, you have to integrate the blinds in a smart home ecosystem that allows sensors to communicate with smart devices. Automating the process to this impressive degree is an outstanding upgrade that can help save a lot of money on energy bills.
Other Important Benefits
Automatic blinds are also very low maintenance. The changes of D batteries occur only every seven years, which is why you can also save a lot of money on power sources. Moreover, a lot of components that need to be replaced can be easily ordered online. Customization is available to the customer even after the purchase and you can choose to switch from HomeKit to Nest or IFTTT programming. In addition, battery-powered and wireless shades are becoming increasingly easy to install without the help of experts.
On the automated blinds market, there is constant growth in design options, smart integrations and functionality. There are always new features and enticing tech options to choose from.
A great new option is Hunter Douglas PowerView that can help conserve energy all year round. This smart system consists of PowerView apps and PowerView Pebble remote controls. The blinds can be operated via Alexa voice control and feature programmable scenes. As a result, you can schedule five or six unique scenes or combinations of shade positions at once. This is done by remote or app control that can instantly create different weekend and weekday schedules as well as various winter and summer schedules.