Save energy with sun protection
5 energy-saving tips for hot and cold weather
The thermometer is rising, summer is just around the corner: it's high time to identify potential energy weak points in your home and think about sun protection for your home! Custom-made privacy and sun protection systems from MHZ are not only visually appealing – they also ensure a pleasant indoor climate and reduce energy costs. When used cleverly, MHZ privacy and sun protection systems can even keep energy costs down all year round.
The temperature in rooms usually changes in line with the outside temperature. This is often due to the quality of the glazing, leaky window frames and roller shutter boxes, and worn sealing profiles. However, retrofitting or replacing window systems is usually expensive. In summer, hot temperatures then penetrate the rooms, with the result that the air inside your own four walls heats up. In winter, the opposite is true: the warm air inside the rooms can escape through the windows and unpleasant, cold winter air enters.
Modern privacy and sun protection systems are a sensible, cosy, aesthetic and quick solution. According to the Fraunhofer Institute, closing window coverings in the evening can save up to 12% in heating energy in winter.
With the perfect combination of internal and external privacy and sun protection, the energy-efficient properties of DUETTE® honeycomb pleated blinds, roller blinds, Venetian blinds and more can be used even better to your advantage. This means that even higher savings are possible.
Under tip 2, you can use the DUETTE® energy saving calculator to calculate your potential heating energy savings online.
Tip 1: It's all in the mix – combine internal and external sun protection
In winter, large amounts of heat escape from buildings through the windows. The good news is that if you use the sun's heat during the day and ensure an insulating air cushion from internal and external sun protection at night, the pleasant warmth stays in the room much longer. This can save up to 12% of heating energy.
In summer, the right mix of internal and external sun protection prevents the room from becoming uncomfortably hot and significantly reduces solar energy input. This can greatly reduce air conditioning costs.
Internal sun protection includes roller blinds, pleated blinds, curtains and DUETTE® honeycomb pleated blinds.
External sun protection includes, for example, the Solix exterior roller blind, external blinds, roller shutters and vertical awnings.
Summer day: The room heats up less.
Winter night: The pleasant warmth stays in the room.
Tip 2: Calculate your energy saving potential quickly and easily online
In the field of interior sun protection, DUETTE® honeycomb pleated blinds in particular offer energy-efficient properties and an insulating effect thanks to their honeycomb structure. With a wide range of colour combinations, transparency levels and designs, they are popular design elements for windows and also serve as functional privacy, sun, heat and cold protection. Another plus point is their sound absorption effect.
In the winter months, DUETTE® honeycomb pleated blinds can reduce heat loss through windows by almost half thanks to their honeycomb-shaped insulating layer. In summer, they prevent the room temperature from rising at the start of the day and strong sunlight from overheating the room.
More about the energy efficiency of DUETTE® honeycomb pleated blinds
With the DUETTE® energy saving calculator, you can easily calculate the potential savings in heating energy by installing DUETTE® honeycomb pleated blinds online.
Tip 3: Automation and smart homes
Smart technologies make our everyday lives easier and ensure more energy-efficient living. Automated sun protection plays an important role in this. Pre-set rules such as opening at sunrise or closing at certain outdoor temperatures ensure a pleasant indoor climate – even when you are not at home. There are various smart home systems into which privacy and sun protection automations can be integrated.
Tip 4: Make the most of the insulation potential of sun protection solutions
During high temperatures in summer, privacy and sun protection can act as an insulating layer on the window against heat, ensuring a pleasant indoor climate. The same applies to cold temperatures in winter. Internal privacy and sun protection can reduce draughts and cold air entering through the window, thus keeping the heat in the room for longer.
The following applies:
- The thicker and denser the fabric, the less cold or heat can penetrate the room from outside. The indoor temperature remains pleasant for longer.
- The better the window recess is sealed with the blind/fabric/hanging, the more effective the insulating layer is and the greater its energy-saving potential.
Please note: The individual insulation and window situation, e.g. glazing and sealing, determines the degree of heat or cold loss.
Tip 5: Duo honeycomb pleated blinds – one product, double the effect
Honeycomb pleated blinds are traditionally made from a single fabric. Duo honeycomb pleated blinds allow two different fabrics to be combined in a single system. Duo honeycomb pleated blinds are often used for skylights. Fabrics with different transparency levels and coatings are often chosen for this application. Depending on your requirements, the room can be darkened or brightened with daylight at the touch of a button.
Duo honeycomb pleated blinds also offer energy-saving benefits:
During the day, a more transparent fabric provides the necessary privacy while allowing daylight and sunlight to enter. At night (in winter), a thicker or darker fabric can be pulled down from the duo honeycomb pleated blind to form a stronger insulating layer against the cold.
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