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...
by Chris Broome | Feb 16, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
Draper is pleased to introduce our new Lightbloc Zip product. The Lightbloc Zip combines our standard Motorized Lightbloc FlexShade with the FlexShade Zip that we introduced last year. The LightBloc Zip is for interior applications, and it incorporates a room...
by Chris Broome | Jan 23, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
Next week, several folks from Draper will be heading off to National Harbor, Maryland, for the 2015 Budget Blinds convention. Teri Boxell heads up Draper’s sales and support efforts with Budget Blinds and she has a preview for us. The theme for this year’s Budget...
by Chris Broome | Jan 9, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
2014 was a good year for the FlexLouver Rack Arm System—part of Draper’s line of Solar Control Products. First, in the November issue of Architectural Products, FlexLouver received one of that magazine’s “Innovative Product Awards.” The competition’s judges said this...
by Chris Broome | Nov 17, 2014 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
Almost one year ago, during the 2013 Greenbuild Expo, Draper broke into an exciting new field for us: specialty and exterior solar control solutions. Since 1902 we had been tackling daylighting issues from inside the glazing, so this was definitely a change for us....