Interior and Exterior Solar Screens
Saturday, December 27th, 2008Solar screen are a thicker and closer webbed than a bug screen. The size of the holes in the webbing determines the amount of solar heat rejection. You cut energy costs because outside screens can reject 80% to 90% of the solar heat. Interior screens can reject 50% to 80% of the solar heat.
Interior screens come in a verity of designs. They can be like a web blind or a roller blind. Roller screens can be motorized and can be controlled either by a wall switch or by remote control. The advantage of the screens over blinds, drapes or curtains, is that you can see through them. Both exterior and interior screens give you daytime privacy.
The screens come in a verity of colors. The best color for exterior screens is black. You can see better through black screens because they reflect less light when looking through them from inside the house.
Interior screens reflect more solar heat if they are a lighter color.
