Are Honeycomb Blinds Energy Efficient?
Honeycomb shades are the perfect combination of style and energy efficiency.
No shade on the market reduces as much heat as a honeycomb shade, which are made of pleated materials that fold-up. According to the Department of Energy, honeycomb shades can reduce heat on a window by up to 60 percent and can reduce electric bills by 10 to 15 percent.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the air pocket in the honeycomb cross-sections act as insulators, giving them the highest R-values of all window coverings. An R-value is used to tell the amount of heat a window covering resists.
Hunter Douglas was the first manufacturer to earn a national energy performance rating for interior window covering products through AERC (Attachments Energy Rating Council). AERC rates each window covering on a scale from 0 to Max for improvement ratings, measuring both cool and warm climates.
Warm climates have a maximum rating of 50. Hunter Douglas’ most energy-efficient honeycomb shades, the Duette Architella Calypso and Duette Architella Reception each score 48 out of 50 for their blackout cellular shades. Those same shades, in light filtering, score a 42. Both room darkening and light filtering honeycomb shades provide impressive energy savings, with the blackout honeycomb shades providing the most energy efficiency of any window treatment.
