Take Control of Your Environment with Halcyon Shades
Functional Never Looked So Good
Unlike cheap tinted shades made out of window tint film, Halcyon Shades are made from laminated MPET film that is 3 to 4 times thicker then tint film. Our most popular styles of shade films are embossed to create a matte finish that eliminates sheen and greatly improves durability. Smooth shade films while offering crystal clear visibility, scratch and show wear over time. Halcyon Shades manufactures smooth-film shades for a variety of applications including air craft control towers and windows on ships and heavy equipment. For high-traffic environments or where the sheen of reflective film would not fit the decor of the room, Halcyon Shades' embossed film offers an elegant solution that without compromising energy efficiency, UV protection or glare reduction.
Halcyon Shades uses only the highest quality materials like 6063 aluminum tubes and weight bars, durable polycarbonate clutches and zinc coated bracket systems. Our shades come in surprising variety of styles and colors. Each shade is made by hand and quality inspected individually. To see our selection of styles and colors Click Here. |
Radiant Barriers For Beginners
Radiant barriers are made of materials like Halcyon's MPET shade film that reflect the infrared bandwidth of light before it can slow down and turn into heat. When light moves at the speed of light, all of its energy is used up by its motion. When light strikes something and is absorbed, it cannot move at the speed of light. The extra energy has to go somewhere, so as it passes through the object that has absorbed it, it gives off heat. This is why a black leather sofa in a sunny window can get so hot that you cannot sit on it. Insulation materials absorb heat, but because they are poor conductors of energy, they slow heat transfer, but they do not eliminate it altogether. Eventually, heat passes through insulation. Infrared light, however, bounces off of radiant barriers, before it slows never allowing heat to occur in the first place. This is how the famous Thermos™ bottle works. If you fill it with warm liquid, the heat trying to escape the liquid bounces back into the liquid keeping it warm all day. A cold drink stays cold because heat from outside the container is bounced away from the liquid. For more on radiant barrier technology Click Here.
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