Energy Efficient Cellular Shades

The most energy efficient of all types of window shades, perhaps even most window treatments, is cellular shades. As these shades are made from a honeycomb fabric, they also go by the name of honeycomb shades. Here’s a look at some of the features and benefits of putting cellular shades in your home.

Features of Cellular Shades

• These shades are made from fabric that keeps prying eyes out but gives you the choice of having muted light or total darkness.
  
• Cellular shades come in three types according to the number of honeycomb cells in them. These are - single celled shades, double celled shades, and triple celled cellular shades. Cellular shades that have more cells in the fabric give you better insulation than do shades with lesser cells.
  
• The pleat size of cellular shades may also differ. Once again, depending on the kind of insulation you want, you can go in for bigger pleated cellular shades for total insulation or small pleated cellular shades for partial insulation.

Cellular Shade Benefits

• Cellular shades that have bigger pleats and are triple celled offer you complete insulation in your home. As such, these shades help to keep your home warmer in winter and cooler in summer, thus proving to be very energy efficient.
  
• As these shades are made from honeycomb fabric, you have the choice of hundreds of colors and patterns to choose from. Thus, you can get cellular shades to go with all the upholstery and furnishings in your home.
  
• One very unique thing with cellular shades is that you can open them either from bottom up or from top down. Most shades can only be opened bottom up, but with cellular shades, you have a choice of both kinds of openings.

Thus, because of all these benefits, it is no surprise that cellular shades are becoming increasingly popular.