by Terry Coffey | Sep 2, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Houses of Worship, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades
With the use of more and bigger windows in all types of construction, Draper motorized shades are playing a more important role in mitigating the issues that result. Shades can help provide thermal comfort, reduce glare, or even provide varying levels of privacy while...
by Jeff Miller | Aug 12, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades
There’s a lot of information out there on choosing the proper shading solution. A Google search for the term “how to choose window treatments” brings up more than 1.8 million hits. Searching the term how to choose window shades” gets even more results—almost 3.5...
by Jeff Miller | Apr 5, 2016 | Architecture/Green Building, Solar Control & Window Shades
One of the more common questions we hear in the shade department … especially among new or recent dealers … is about shade fabric choice. There are so many possibilities from which to choose that it can seem overwhelming. To help answer some of those...
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...