Reducing Your Carbon Footprint with Window Film

Sureguard UK's guide to helping you to cut down on your carbon footprint.

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2. Reducing Your Carbon Footprint with Window Film If you’re looking for a way to reduce your carbon footprint, or make your building more environmentally friendly, installing window film is a great option. Reducing your carbon footprint reduces the impact you have on the environment, and when you install this film, you could actually save money. What is Your Carbon Footprint and Why Does it Matter? Your building’s carbon footprint is a measurement of its impact on the environment. The measurement is based on how much green house gas, measured in units of carbon dioxide, is produced. Experts believe that carbon dioxide contributes to global warming. Global warming can lead to environmental changes that have a negative impact on plant and animal life, which can destroy our oceans, forests and air. In fact, some scientists believe global warming leads to things like more hot days in a year, heat waves, high sea levels, and droughts, among other things. When these natural processes change, entire environments change, which will have a major impact on the animals, plants and people in the area. So why does your carbon footprint matter? It may not seem like the small changes you make can have a big impact on the environment, but they can. When you reduce your carbon footprint, you are helping to eliminate the amount of carbon dioxide that is emitted, and therefore helping to avoid the negative impacts of global warming. Imagine if everyone worked to reduce their carbon footprint. We could make a big change and help preserve our beautiful environment! What Window Film Does In essence, window film helps reduce the amount of heat that comes from the sun and into your building. As this happens, you won’t have to run your air conditioner as much, which means you won’t use as much energy and your building will emit less carbon dioxide. Window film is installed right on top of your windows and has a tint to it, which reduces glare and filters the sunlight as it comes through the window. In fact, more than half of the sun’s solar energy and more than 99 percent of ultraviolet light is blocked from entering your building. What does come through the film is visible light. This means that your offices or store will still benefit from natural light, but it won’t become overheated and it won’t have uncomfortable glares.
3. When you can block most of the heat from entering your building, your employees will be much more comfortable and you won’t have to use your air conditioner as much, reducing the amount of energy you use. Extra Benefits of Window Film While window film does reduce your carbon footprint, reduce the amount of energy you use and help you decrease your effect on the environment, there are other benefits you’ll get when you install it. Added Comfort Tinted window film reduces glare so that the people inside your building can be more comfortable. This is a very easy way to control the amount of sunlight that comes into your building without having to block it all out with blinds or curtains. With window film, your employees will have comfortable work workspaces and be able to focus and be more productive. This is also a good solution for stores, as you can make shopping a comfortable experience for your customers. More Privacy Window films also add privacy to your building, which also makes it more comfortable. Your employees and customers will feel like they have a private environment to work or shop in, which makes your entire building more productive. Updated Look Many people use window films to update the way their building looks. This is especially common for older buildings, but can also be used to change the way new buildings look. Tinted window film looks professional and modern, and can make a big impact on your building’s appearance. Lower Utility Costs One of the benefits people who use window film love is lower utility costs. As the window film blocks heat from entering your building, and you use less energy to cool it, your utility bills will likely be lower. Window film does more than help you reduce your carbon footprint. These added benefits make investing in this update even more worthwhile. How to Install Window Film
4. If you’ve decided it’s time to install window film to reduce your carbon footprint, and get all the other benefits that come with it, the process is easy. First, contact a business that specialises in installing window film. An expert will come to your building and do a survey to find out what your needs are. He will also discuss your options with you so you can decide what kind of window film you need. The installation will be done by a professional, and is a quick and simple update. The amount of time it will take to install the film will depend on your building, windows and how many windows you are having covered. Your contact will be able to tell you when your windows will be completed. Once the films are installed, you can spot clean them with a damp rag. When needed, you can clean them with water and a squeegee. Should you ever decide to have the film removed, that is an easy process too. When it is removed, it doesn’t leave any marks on your windows, so they won’t be damaged or altered at all. Installing window film is one of the best and easiest ways you can make your building more environmentally friendly and reduce your carbon footprint. Doing this will help you contribute to saving forests, oceans and the air. But, when you install window film, this isn’t the only benefit you’ll see. You’ll also make your building more comfortable, add privacy, update the way your building looks and even save money on your utility bills. Start helping the environment and enjoying the benefits of window film by calling a specialist today! Find out more by visiting us at: www.sureguard.co.uk