Modern office buildings tend to have a lot of windows. Glass adds a contemporary and sleek component to the often drab designs of commercial architecture. The natural light and the ability for workers to view and feel connected to the outdoors improves morale and productivity.
Alongside these benefits, there are the downfalls of so much glass.
Here's the top 4 reasons how window film can help your office space:
1. HEAT: With ample glass comes ample heat. Heat more easily transfers through glass than through insulated walls with multiple layers of thermal blockage. Office spaces can quickly heat up, driving the HVAC system to kick on more readily, even during the winter months. This can send the office space or building into a thermal imbalance and stress the HVAC system.
Atriums and glass domes are impressive structures, but are notorious for their solar gain; heating up office spaces and common areas.
Highly engineered window film either installed on the interior or exterior side of the glass is the perfect solution to block unwanted heat. Depending on the film chosen, up to 84% of the TOTAL SOLAR ENERGY (heat) coming through the glass can be reduced.
While some of the natural light will be reduced, the view to the outside will be preserved, minus the excessive heat.
2. GLARE: Glare goes hand-in-hand with excessive light from too much sun-exposure.
Glare is the adverse effect of light streaming in and bouncing off reflective surfaces in your office space (computer screens, interior glass partition walls, metallic cabinets and furnishings).
THE INTERIOR VIEW TO THE OUTSIDE REMAINS UNCHANGED, WITH MUCH LESS HEAT AND GLARE.
It is difficult for office workers to concentrate on tasks at hand when they are fighting glare on their computer screens and worrying about opening/closing shades and blinds.
Depending on type of film chosen, you can reduce your glare by up to 94%!
3. PRIVACY: Whether you have a dentist’s or doctors's office with glass in the exam room, a corner office facing a busy street, or a windowed office working with confidential information, people enjoy working with a little privacy, and sometimes require it.
Add DAYTIME privacy to exterior glass with reflective film. This will create a mirror effect on the outside. People on the outside will not be able to see in, but those on the inside will still be able to enjoy the view.
If extra privacy is needed for interior glass partition walls for conference rooms or offices, a decorative film can do the trick. A frosted “band” set in the middle of the glass panel can give privacy while still allowing the lower and upper section to be open. This will not only give more privacy but also update your office with a modern look.
HIGHLY REFLECTIVE FILM GIVES DAYTIME PRIVACY AND "CLEANS UP" THE OFFICE CLUTTER.
4. AESTHETICS: Have you ever passed by an office building with shades or blinds opened or closed in a variety of ways? Or seen people at their desks with office clutter and boxes stacked up against the glass wall? It’s not an aesthetically pleasing, nor professional, look for the building.
Window film that includes mirror properties (high exterior reflection) will block all the little things that throw the building’s “look” off balance. The building will have a more aesthetically pleasing contemporary appearance.