Window Treatment Talk

Up to 50% of your home's heating and cooling energy can be lost through  your windows. Hunter Douglas is an industry leader in making a big energy savings difference at the window.  In 1985, they invented the highly energy-efficient  Duette ®  honeycomb shades  in response to the energy crisis of the late 1970s. Today, they continue to think about the impact all of their window fashions can make. Without energy-efficient window treatments, as much as 50% of a home's heating and cooling energy can be lost through its windows.   Hunter Douglas Architella Shades Hunter Douglas products help conserve energy at the window in these three important ways: Insulation In winter months, your home heating escapes to the outdoors through your windows while in the summertime, the outside heat flows into your home through these same windows. With window treatments that provide insulation, you can reduce energy consumption, save on heating an...

This is the newest article from Sally Morse, Director of Creative Services for Hunter Douglas. Promises, promises: Every year as the days get shorter and the temperatures start to drop, we vow to make our homes warmer and cozier. Increasingly, we're also looking for ways to do that while lowering our heating needs, as rising energy costs are affecting everyone's pocketbook! To me, a cozy room is synonymous with a stylish room, an inviting place where I want to relax and entertain family and friends. And few things instantly transform a room with style like the just-right window fashion. You'll not only find that perfect window fashion at Hunter Douglas, you'll find highly energy-efficient products. In fact, Hunter Douglas window fashions are an extremely effective way to conserve energy at the window. Not only do their insulating qualities help to keep rooms warmer in the winter, their ability to diffuse and disperse light deeper into a room means less need for elec...

To start out, I will introduce you to our number one seller, the Duette Architella shades. We sell more of theses shades then any other product because they are so versatile, they go with practically any style of decor, but the number one reason we sell so many is the energy efficiency these shades offer. There is nothing else in the market like the Duette Architella Honeycomb Shade Collection. These shades have a state of the art, patented, honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb design offering the industry's highest level of energy efficiency. In fact, these shades are so energy efficient they can reduce energy loss up to 50%.  Who doesn't want to be more energy efficient these days? I put these in my own home in my Master Bedroom where we had some 2" blinds before in a bay window. It was always so cold in that room, so we decided to put some Duette Architellla shades in and it made a huge difference. It actually feels warm and cozy in that room now. The Duette Architella sha...