by Jeff Miller | Jan 25, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
Monday, February 15 our 2016 FlexShade Price List goes into effect. Included this year are several new products, services and accessory items. For some years now, Draper has offered custom printed Graphic FlexShades. With the recent addition of some equipment,...
by Terry Coffey | Nov 18, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
Since the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (see our show preview here) is underway this week in Washington, DC, we thought this an appropriate time to make Clint Childress the subject of a Why Draper post. As a LEED®AP and Draper’s Solar Control...
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 Jeff Miller | Nov 2, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
If you’re like me, every time you head into a big downtown area you look up at all the tall buildings. I don’t know about you, but I’m drawn in particular to all the modern buildings with their glass facades glinting in the sun. Your first thought is probably...
by Jeff Miller | Oct 26, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
In about three weeks I’ll be heading to Washington, D.C. to represent Draper at the Healthcare Design Expo and Conference, or HCD for short. HCD has a very particular focus: This conference is all about how building design and products affect healthcare facilities,...
by Jeff Miller | Jul 24, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
Here at Draper we think a lot about ways to manage daylighting. Current sustainable architectural trends depend a great deal upon daylighting, so there are more challenges and opportunities than ever before to harvest daylight, and reduce glare and heat gain issues....