Wooden Louvers

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Wooden Louvers - Spice Up Your Office

Looking for a green solution to managing the heating and cooling of your building while doing your part to utilize natural methods that are environmentally friendly? Louver are a sleek and classy way to manage structural heat while reducing the dependency a building has on air-conditioned cooling systems. The benefits of a louver system are varied and encompassing.
What They Are

Obviously, the most celebrated feature of wooden Sun Control louvers is their ability to cool a building and reduce the amount of cooling required through electrical means. This function is done by the louvers ability to absorb and reflect incoming light and divert the heat that comes with it away from the window itself. Much like sitting under a shade tree, the temperature is drastically lower.

Wooden louvers reduce the overall dependence of a building on electric lighting and cooling while still allowing for ample natural lighting. By effectively using wooden louvers for daylighting and natural cooling you can save extensively in monthly bills for cooling and lighting.

What They Do

Surprisingly, wooden louvers can be utilized even during the winter months to help provide year-round benefits. In their closed position, louvers are able to help insulate a building by helping to retain interior heat. The louvers are also able to minimize buffering cold winds and promote the retention of thermal heating.

In most cases, Cypress wood is largely preferred as the material of choice for Wooden Sun Control louvers due to its wide array of benefits and unique traits. Cypress as a working material is not only extremely durable but it's lightweight and easy to work with, making Cypress a great alternative to IPE louvers.

Louvers are extremely versatile and can be customized to meet a variety of stylish and appealing building types. Many architects value the Marquee appearance that louvers provide in terms of both color and sizes. With so many options, finishes and styles, the possibilities are virtually limitless.

Why You'll Like Them

The aesthetic quality of an office is an important factor in the daily productivity and work of your employees. When employees and clients are in a well-lit office with a smart design and comfortable atmosphere they will respond favorably and you'll begin to immediately notice the difference.

The cost effective nature of louvers and the extensive benefits they can provide for structural heat management makes them a solid investment. The US Green Building Council supports and celebrates the benefits of natural heating and cooling solutions such as wooden louvers. One of Twelve LEED Credit Points are available for optimizing 'Indoor Environmental Quality' when using sun control devices like louver shutter. With benefits like these, there's no reason not to take a look at what louvers can do for you.
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