Combining European component technology and precision with ongoing in house product development allows us to create high performance shading designed specifically for our climate.

Engineered to provide shade and cooling in warmer months while allowing the passive entrance of solar radiation during colder periods.

In the space between a window and a closed external venetian blind, an air pocket forms which prevents heat from being transported outside. Buildings with unshaded windows will emit radiation towards the outside environment and experience significant energy loss as a result.

The slats act as an effective radiation shield to prevent the loss of heat. The amount of solar radiation and light entering through the glazing can also be incrementally controlled. Simply tilting the blinds allows sunlight to be focused into a room which assists with passive warming during the cooler months.

• Open the windows whenever the outside temperature is lower than the temperature inside the building.
• Close the windows when the outside temperature exceeds the inside temperature.
• If it is necessary to ventilate a room during high outside temperatures, do so briefly and intensively.
• Over the entire day keep the system in a closed position such that there is just enough light to eliminate the need for artificial lighting. (The visible spectrum of solar radiation contains a great deal of thermal energy which will heat up the room).

• Use cross ventilation whenever possible.
• Adjust the slats in such a way that ideal lighting is maintained using daylight for the whole day.
• Avoid using artificial lighting, noting that daylight provides the room with four times the brightness per watt, which in turn means that artificial lighting heats the room up to four times as much as daylight. In addition and most importantly, daylight increases people’s sense of comfort.
• In the evening, they should be opened to enhance night-time cooling results.