3M™ Sun Control Window Film is scientifically designed to help lower the heat in your home or office, resulting in lower energy costs. Here’s a look at the way these films work.
How Does 3M™ Sun Control Window Film Lower Heat?
3M window film is designed to help maintain lower indoor temperatures during the summer months and can reduce energy expenses for cooling homes or businesses.
Window film, sometimes referred to as a tint, is a thin laminate film that can be installed on the interior or exterior glass.
While many traditional window tinting solutions are darker in color and use metal to reflect the sun’s heat away – 3M’s films are non-metalized. 3M films are optical and constructed using hundreds of layers of very thin film. What sets 3M’s Prestige Series films apart is the precision with which light waves are controlled as they pass through or reflect off each of the hundreds of layers. In other words, each layer is specifically placed to deflect the harmful rays, such as the sun’s infrared rays, away from the window or glass surface.
And while most other window films are tested when the sun is perpendicular to the window, 3M™ Prestige Series films are tested (and proven to work best) when the sun is high, at the hottest part of the day. 3M™ Sun Control Window Film, Prestige Series, rejects up to 97% of infrared rays and 54% of solar heat. This gives you maximum comfort, no matter where the sun is located in the sky.
How Does 3M™ Sun Control Window Film’s Lowering of Heat also Lower Energy Costs?
Have you ever stepped up next to a window in the afternoon and felt the heat of the sun on your skin through the glass? These are heat pockets that tend to form just inside windows. In fact, about 76% of sunlight that falls on standard double-pane windows enters to become heat.
However, because 3M™ Window Film deflects the sun’s heat away – heat pockets are less likely to form inside homes and businesses with 3M glass tinting.
Ultimately, this means that your home or office HVAC system will not have to work so hard to keep temperatures even throughout your space. When an HVAC system isn’t working so hard, it is using less energy. Ultimately, this decreases your monthly energy bill.
In fact, 3M estimates you can save on your energy bill $1 to $2 per square foot of film installed, or as much as 19kWh per square foot of glass. The savings adds up, month over month. Ultimately, you can experience a fast return on your investment – in as little as three years!
Lowering Heat, Decreasing Energy Costs and Protected by a Strong Warranty
Want to lower heat and energy bills in your home or office? You can do this with peace of mind.
When your window tinting is installed by a 3M™ Authorized Dealer like IES Window Films, the installation and 3M film are backed by a manufacturer warranty that guarantees the window film will maintain its solar reflective properties without cracking, crazing or peeling; maintain its adhesive properties without blistering, bubbling or delaminating from the glass, and maintain its appearance without discoloration or turning purple. The longevity of the warranty depends on the type of film that is installed.
Since 1985, IES Window Films has been operating under the same ownership and from the same location on U.S. 301. IES Window Films is your local window tinting shop, and we have improved the comfort and safety of homeowners and business leaders from Gainesville to Ocala to The Villages and surrounding areas. For more information or to speak with a 3M window film expert, call (352) 245-0833.
