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PowerView® Automation
Program your window treatments so that they adjust themselves automatically, creating the perfect room ambiance morning, noon and night.
Sheer Shades
Learn more about Hunter Douglas custom window sheers, including our shadings and privacy sheers. Innovative, light-diffusing sheers. Your trusted source for window treatments.
Cellular Shades
Cellular honeycomb shades from Hunter Douglas. An energy-efficient design that traps air in distinct pockets to help keep your house cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Roman Shades
Custom-made fabric Roman Shades by Hunter Douglas, combining the look of soft folds with the ease and convenience of a shade. Custom-crafted.
Roller Shades
The Hunter Douglas roller shades & solar screen shades collections offer excellent light control and a clean, stylish look in a range of fabrics and materials.
Woven Shades
For a warm, natural look our Hunter Douglas Woven Wood Shades collection of window treatments transforms sunlight into captivating design statements. Choose yours today.
Vertical Shades
Find the right custom vertical shades for any room in your home. Search our most popular window shades.
Wood Blinds
From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, wood blinds have been a favorite among homeowners for decades.
Metal Blinds
Find the perfect metal blinds for any room in your home. From controlling light to their stylish, sleek look, metal blinds have been a favorite among homeowners.
Vertical Blinds
Discover Hunter Douglas customized vertical blinds featuring elegant styling and translucency in a large selection of colors, treatments, and textures. Lifetime guarantee.
Shutters
Hunter Douglas custom window shutters provide superior light control and privacy with classic styles, long-lasting finishes, and exceptional craftsmanship.
Drapery
Choose from timeless and on-trend fabrics, including lofty textures and alluring jacquards, artisanal embroideries and luminous sheers.
Light Enhancing
Enjoy the beauty of natural light and make any space more captivating, with the following light-enhancing shades.
Room Darkening
Want a darker room for better sleep or optimal movie binging? These shades and drapes help block light at the window.
Energy Efficient
Live comfortably and save energy with these shades. Designer to keep a room warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Door Coverings
Manage natural light and add privacy with these window treatments that work well for sliding-glass and patio doors.
Sound Absorption
Create a quieter, more relaxing room with these window treatments, which help absorb sound, reducing exterior noise.
Top-Down Bottom-Up
For privacy and natural light, position shades from the top, bottom or both. These shades have this feature available.
After-Hours & In-Home Consultations
Our schedule is flexible, and we can come to your home for a consultation.
Window Covering Measuring & Installations
Our measuring and installation service will ensure an exact fit for your window coverings.
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Bathroom
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Bedroom
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Home Office
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Kitchen
See window covering solutions for a variety of needs and kitchen styles.
Living Room
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Media Room
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Nursery & Kids Room
See child-safe window coverings for baby nurseries and kids rooms
Angled Windows
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Arched Windows
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Bay, Bow, Corner Windows
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French Doors
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Sidelights
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Sliding Glass Doors
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Skylights
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Automated
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Blackout
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Energy Efficient
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Light Filtering
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Child and Pet-Friendly
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2023
Energy Saving Window Treatments
We aim for energy efficiency year-round, especially in Alaska, where every ounce of energy carries a hefty price tag in one fashion or another. And so, in our homes, it is essential to ensure that any vulnerability in the façade of our residence is addressed efficiently. This includes looking at the many benefits of energy-saving window treatment and how the extra insulation over your home’s windows can make a massive difference in the comfort of your home’s interior and the price you pay to maintain that comfort level.
3 Steps for Improving the Energy Efficiency of your Shades
1. Choose insulating shades
The best energy-saving window treatments are most efficient at insulating windows. That’s because up to 30% of unwanted energy transfer between a home’s interior and the exterior world is through windows. By shoring up this vulnerability in efficiency, window treatments can improve the energy efficiency of a room. This is a year-round benefit for homeowners who can save on monthly heating bills thanks to the ability of energy-saving window treatments to regulate interior temperature more consistently.
Hunter Douglas has several styles of insulating shades that utilize an internal honeycomb design. This honeycomb design traps air inside the shade using sewn-in air pockets, creating an insulating layer within the shade itself.
- Duette® Cellular Shades: The classic honeycomb shade designed for year-round efficiency.
- Solera® Roman Shades: A hybridization of honeycomb shades and Roman shades that has the latter's sculpted look and the former's energy efficiency.
- Sonnette® Roller Shades: Roller shades and honeycomb shades brought together for an energy-saving window treatment that insulates but doesn’t overwhelm with a chic profile and streamlined design.
2. Add layers
When it comes to energy-saving window treatments if one is good two are better. With every layer you add, you’re increasing insulation and the ability of the overall window fashion to protect your home. A popular pairing for energy-saving layered window treatments is cellular shades under full drapery.
3. Upgrade performance
For the ultimate in efficiency, try enhancing the performance of energy saving window treatments with the implementation of a motorized operating system like PowerView®. Not only are the movements of a motorized shade more precise, but the option for automated scheduling also allows for optimization based on the solar calendar in your specific geographic location. Benefit from solar heat or natural lighting when wanted and then block either when needed, and achieve this efficiency for any window treatment in the home, even hard-to-reach ones.
Improve your home’s overall energy efficiency with new energy saving window treatments by Hunter Douglas. Let the team from Today’s Window Fashions Alaska walk you through all the options for insulating shades, then customize the treatments with additional layers or motorization to craft the ultimate energy saving design tailored to your aesthetic. Today’s Window Fashions Alaska is proud to serve the communities of Palmer, Big Lake, Willow, Houston, Talkeetna, Eagle River, Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula, Soldotna, Kenai, and Homer in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and greater Wasilla area. Request a consultation today.