New Solar Control Solutions from Hunter Douglas Contract: Exterior Sun Louvers and Screens (release)
29 August, 2007

Norcross, GA (August 29, 2007) – Hunter Douglas Architectural Products has added new fixed sun louvers and exterior screening products – Aerobrise, Celoscreen, C23/C40, and Softwave – positioning Hunter Douglas Contract to expand its extensive offering of solar control solutions.

The new range of effective and well-designed solar-control solutions provide a similar return on investment as the fully customizable, automated systems already available through Nysan Solar Control, a Hunter Douglas company. With the new products, proven solar control technology is accessible to a larger group of architects and owners given a wider range of budgetary requirements. These fixed, non-adjustable systems offer added flexibility for architects, designers, and owners seeking to optimize their buildings’ performance, interior comfort, and aesthetics.

“Today, designing sustainable buildings that incorporate critical energy-saving strategies such as solar control is key for architects and building owners,” notes Dilip Joglekar, Vice President and General Manager of Hunter Douglas Architectural Products. “We are pleased to offer a new range of solar control solutions that delivers performance and aesthetics, with an excellent return on investment.”

Solution: Solar Control & Environmental Responsibility

Made from aluminum with a minimum of 70% recycled content, the sun louvers and exterior screens from Hunter Douglas Architectural

Products leverage the company’s decades of experience in metal fabrication. In addition to their intrinsic recyclability, the products’ solar control capabilities enhance energy savings through the regulation of interior thermal heat gain and loss. This regulation not only reduces the overall HVAC load by keeping building temperatures comfortable and consistent, but also augments daylighting schemes, moderates interior temperatures, and reduces sun glare to create more comfortable, productive environments for building occupants.

Solution: Aesthetics & Visibility

The new line of sun louvers and exterior screens also expands architects’ aesthetic options for building exteriors, allowing them to add dramatic texture and color while providing good outward visibility and free circulation of air. When used as architectural elements, Aerobrise, Celoscreen, C23/C40, and Softwave screens will block unwanted views of garages, car parks, stairways, courtyards, atria, and more.

Hunter Douglas Contract’s exterior louvers and screening products are available in numerous size and color options (see attached product detail sheet). Product and project photography available upon request.

Please call 800-366-4327 or visit www.hunterdouglascontract.com for further information on our range of superior solar control products, including the new Aerobrise, Celoscreen, C23/C40, and Softwave solutions. You can also sign up for updates on products and projects from Hunter Douglas Contract via its monthly Profiles email.

Hunter Douglas Contract

For more than 80 years, the architecture and design community has specified contract products from Hunter Douglas, the world leader in window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. A tradition of bringing breakthrough products to market makes Hunter Douglas the company of choice for an array of contract solutions, including innovative systems for interior and exterior window coverings, acoustical and metal ceilings, solar control, and façades.

Additional Product Detail:

New louver and screen solar control solutions from Hunter Douglas Contract – attractive, durable architectural elements for façade and/or ceiling applications. They provide shading, screen unwanted views, add dramatic texture and offer perforated versions that shade interiors but allow for some daylighting. Additionally, products allow exterior views, and free circulation of air.