Reduce heating costs now!
Save energy with sun protection
Can you improve your living comfort while saving energy at the same time? You can! With high-quality sun protection from KADECO, you can improve your home’s energy efficiency while adding decorative highlights to your windows.
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This is how to save energy
KADECO sun protection solutions not only help you keep your home pleasantly shady and cool in summer. When controlled intelligently, they also reduce energy consumption in winter: the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics has determined that heating costs on cold winter nights can be reduced by up to 12% with interior privacy and sun protection systems.1 This means that the energy efficiency of older buildings can also be improved with little effort.
In view of rising energy costs and ongoing climate change, this is good news. The European Solar Shading Organisation ES-SO has calculated the figures: 36% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions come from existing buildings. Heating and cooling account for the largest share, representing around 80% of energy consumption in residential buildings.
If 75% of the windows in existing buildings were fitted with automatic sun protection, this energy consumption could be reduced by up to 19%. According to a recent study, the potential CO_2 savings from the targeted use of sun protection would amount to 111 million tonnes per year.2 That is 22 times more than the savings achieved through EU light bulb legislation.
1 https://www.ibp.fraunhofer.de/de/projekte-referenzen/potenzial-von-sicht-und-sonnenschutzsystemen.html
2 ESCORP-EU25 – bvst.at/images/pdfs/ESCORP-EU25.pdf
In winter: switch on your solar heating
In autumn and winter, the aim is to bring solar energy into the building and use it as heat and light – and to retain it there. During the day, our sun protection systems therefore keep the glass surfaces clear for the sun’s rays. The more solar energy enters the building, the less you need to heat.
After sunset, solutions such as our honeycomb pleated blinds improve the thermal insulation of the windows and keep the cold outside more effectively. This means that rooms cool down less and you can effectively reduce your heating costs!
In summer: passive cooling for a pleasant indoor climate
When temperatures rise in summer, KADECO sun protection systems fulfil their traditional purpose: the windows are shaded according to the position of the sun, allowing exactly the right amount of light and heat into the interior. In view of increasingly extreme weather conditions, with more frequent and longer heatwaves, this not only improves comfort but also saves a significant amount of energy. The less a building heats up, the less it needs to be cooled down again at considerable expense using air conditioning systems.
Save smart!
If you want to make the most of the benefits of KADECO sun protection systems, we recommend automated sun protection control – depending on the season, time of day and temperature. The MotionBlinds motorisation programme allows you to integrate your KADECO sun protection elegantly into your smart home. For a feel-good climate throughout your home.
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YOUR PERSONAL SUN PROTECTION CHECKLIST:
Living room:
- Do you have large windows or glazed patio doors in your living room?
- How strong are the sunlight and room temperatures on sunny days?
- Our tip: Use patio awnings and window awnings, depending on your needs.
Bedroom:
- Do you prefer to sleep in darkened rooms?
- Would you like to protect your bedroom from overheating during the day, so that you can relax at night at pleasant temperatures?
- Our tip: Roller blinds with a reflective surface can reflect sunlight and darken the room.
Loft:
- Does your loft heat up in summer?
- Our tip: Thanks to their construction, honeycomb pleated blinds help regulate the temperature and prevent tropical temperatures under the roof – without spending money on expensive fans and air-conditioning systems!
Conservatory:
- How high do temperatures rise in your conservatory?
- Can you use it all year round?
- Our tip: Special conservatory awnings protect your favourite room exactly as you need – whether with an underglass awning or an overglass awning.
Workspace and home office:
- Are you affected by glare when working at your computer?
- Do you see reflections on your monitor?
- Our tip: Pleated blinds can be adjusted flexibly in height and individually adapted to the position of the sun.
Smart home:
- Are you often away from home?
- Do you enjoy the benefits of controlling your smart home from anywhere?
- Do you like creating timers and automations for your smart devices?
- Our tip: With motorised sun protection, you have complete freedom to control your sun protection remotely, automate it or have it controlled directly according to temperature and sun sensors.
