Life on the Front Range is beautiful in the spring and the season is in full swing here right now! The weather is warmer but as anyone across the Denver/Metro area knows–snow may still be around the corner. This is why even though most people think this would be the time their energy usage decreases–the opposite is true. Spring in Denver and any place with four-season actually could be a time that energy usage gets higher. This is due to homes and businesses using both heat AND A/C right now. Also, when temperatures fluctuate dramatically as they do at a mile high especially–a lot of energy is wasted when systems run when they are not needed.
3M Window Tint The Energy Saving Solution
There is an answer to cutting back on energy usage and costs during the springtime and all year long for that matter. 3M window film and tinting comes in many varieties specifically for combating high energy costs.
3M Saves on Heating and Cooling Costs: One of the largest monthly expenses outside of rent or mortgage is heating and cooling. This is true for homes but especially businesses. 3M Thinsulate is a known conservator of energy. As such it is a superb way to reduce utility spending. The average savings from window film could be as much as $2 per square foot!
3M Helps Your HVAC Systems Run More Efficiently: The spring and fall seasons always lead to HVAC systems running all the time because the temperature is always in flux–both day to day and hour to hour. So your HVAC is always working overtime adding extra load to heating and cooling systems alike. Any system that is continually overloaded will fail faster and need repair or replacement more often. This can be an expensive cycle. Window film evens out temperatures by acting as insulation for glass. It traps the air you pay to heat and cool in and keeps systems from cycling on and off. This simple addition reduces the load on HVAC and helps you save money every month.
3M Reduces Lighting Costs: 3M makes a daylight redirecting film that is most frequently used in commercial film but can be very effective in homes too–especially homes that are large and have a lot of windows. It is hard or impossible for light coming through windows to penetrate deep into large spaces. This makes lighting in interiors reliant on man-made lighting and those energy costs add up. is almost always an issue. With 3M Daylight Redirecting film sunlight is actually refracted deeper into offices, restaurants, retail stores, and even homes. This could reduce lighting costs by slightly more than half!
For More info on any of these 3M for climate or solar control, films reach out to us at Greenlight Window Films today for a free consultation.