The 21st March celebrates the European Solar Shading Organisation’s Global Shading day. Global Shading Day raises awareness of the importance of having solar shading products, as a way of managing heat gain and heat loss through the window.

Shutters have a really strong energy efficient message and it’s a great product to recommend to your customers for many reasons.

• Shutters can reduce heat loss by up to 36% in double-glazed windows*
• Shutters effectively create shade, keeping indoors cool when it’s hot outside
• Maintain privacy without compromising natural light
• Help to minimise outside noise, enhancing home comfort by keeping unwanted sounds at bay

* Results from product tests at University of Salford’s Energy House Laboratory. Centre pane U-value measurements on a modern double glazed low-e window. Improvements shown above are against the same window with no covering.

Find out more about how you can support global shading day here.