by Chris Broome | Sep 11, 2024 | Draper Updates, From the President's Desk
As you may be aware, Draper has been working to define our core values and how we should grow our leadership capabilities. In the first of a series of blog posts about this effort, Chief Engineer Harold Seib shared our first core value, Strategy. In this post, Rachel...
by Chris Broome | Jan 24, 2017 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
Our Literature department is gearing up this week for one of our biggest mailings of the year. The 2017 FlexShade Price List will take effect February 13, and it will begin appearing in mailboxes in the next couple of weeks. One of the more exciting things about this...
by Chris Broome | Nov 13, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
In a recent post on the Draper blog, it was pointed out that there is a certain irony in modern “green” architecture and design: In our attempts to use the positive aspects of natural daylight to make our buildings more sustainable and comfortable, the opposite...
by Chris Broome | May 15, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
Since Draper made that first window shade back in 1902, there have been a lot of changes in the industry. Over the years new materials lead to a wider variety of products to fit different needs, and improved the look of window shades. Shades are no longer just those...
by Chris Broome | May 1, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
Some window shade fabrics are greener than others. Over the past few years, several PVC-free window shade fabrics have been introduced. However, these fabrics often don’t perform as well or last as long as fabrics with PVC. Recently there have been developments to...