{"id":18,"date":"2010-09-12T12:53:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T17:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2011-01-10T14:55:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T19:55:44","slug":"do-i-need-window-film-if-i-already-have-low-e-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/12\/do-i-need-window-film-if-i-already-have-low-e-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Need Window Film If I Already Have Low-E Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Low-E coatings do a great job of keeping heat<strong> in<\/strong> your home, but do nothing to keep the sun&#8217;s heat and light <strong>out <\/strong>of your home. Low-E coatings provide little or no ultra-violet rejection, while most window films\u00a0block 99%.<\/p>\n<p>Windows with Low-E coatings can benefit from the installation of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.precisefilm.com\/chicago-window-film.html\">window film<\/a> by\u00a0reducing glare and blocking unwanted heat from entering your home, helping reduce energy costs <strong>year-round<\/strong> and\u00a0providing a protective barrier to slow the effects of sun damage on furnishings.<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0you <strong>don&#8217;t<\/strong> have Low-E windows, you can have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.precisefilm.com\/madico_v-kool.html#vkool\">spectrally-selective window film<\/a> installed to reflect long-wave infrared heat back into your livingspace, just like a Low-E coating. Like we stated before, these films also reject 99% UV light and reject heat from entering home &#8211; offering an average 35%-50% energy savings through the course of a year. If you already have double-pane glass and have heard of the benefits of low-e, having a spectrally-selective film installed is not only more cost effective than replacing your windows, but provides more benefits.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in or around the Chicago area, visit our main website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.precisefilm.com\">www.precisefilm.com<\/a>\u00a0to arrange a free estimate for window film installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low-E coatings do a great job of keeping heat in your home, but do nothing to keep the sun&#8217;s heat and light out of your home. Low-E coatings provide little or no ultra-violet rejection, while most window films\u00a0block 99%. Windows with Low-E coatings can benefit from the installation of window film by\u00a0reducing glare and blocking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precisefilm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}