Posts Tagged ‘green’

More Benefits of Window Film

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Using Window Film on your windows is one way to cut down on the glare of the sun, keep your heating and cooling bills more manageable. This will cut down on the need for fossil fuels to heat and cool our homes, which by the way are in danger of being depleted anyway.

The reduction in the sun beating on your interior items such as carpet, furniture and curtains reduces the need to replace these items faster. This in turn saves wood and our natural resources that are needed to make materials for carpets and furniture.

By protecting your home’s interior by using the window film that cuts down on the heat and air escaping through your windows, you are saving energy and demonstrating that you want to be responsible for the earth’s natural resources.

Window Film is one of the newer “Green” technologies to enter the scene. Home Window Film can reduce interior temperatures by up to 15 degrees. With such a great reduction in heat entering your home you will lessen the strain on your air conditioning unit and actually live more comfortably in your home with the reduction of glare.

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Top Ways To Go “Green”

Friday, November 28th, 2008

In today’s world protecting the environment is a high priority for many businesses. Going Green is part of the business plan for many successful companies. Not only does a “Green” business plan save the planet but it also saves businesses using green technologies a lot of money.

Some of the ways companies Go Green:

  1. Reducing electricity by switching to the new energy efficient lights and turning off lights when not in use, even for a short time.
  2. Turning off computers, monitors, printers and copy machines when not being used, companies as a whole waste over 1 billion dollars of electricity annually on computers.
  3. Recycle everything possible like: every type of office paper, old phone books, cell phones, set up bins to collect aluminum, paper and plastic.
  4. Go paperless when possible, send info through company email or post information online not only will it save paper but it is easy to change.
  5. Save water by using water reducing faucets, make sure toilets and sinks don’t run or drip.
  6. Keep window blinds or shades closed during the time the sun is shining into your structure this will reduce the heat entering a structure.
  7. Use Commercial Window Film to reduce heat, glare and uv damage, this will reduce the amount of air conditioning needed in the summer months to keep your building cool.

There are many ways for a company to go “green” the most important part of any program is to just start, you can always implement changes as you go. The faster you start the faster you will be on your way to saving money and protecting our planet.

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