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Home Technology Group recently completed a multi-room shade installation in a condominium in Birmingham, AL. It uses both light limiting sheer shades and room darkening blackout shades from Lutron.

Many people forget that light control also includes controlling natural light. This condominium has whole walls of glass and receives a great deal of sunlight in the afternoons. The homeowners needed to limit the heat gain from the sunlight , especially in the summer months. We used Lutron Sheershade fabric for this purpose.

Lighting control also includes natural light control. Through use of shades or drapery, a home or business can limit or eliminate the sunlight or other outside light that comes into the room.

Motorized shades and drapes can be controlled with a touch of a button or by a time clock to open or close when you want them to. If you have a room full of shades that are used to block the heat of the sun, then you already know that the shades get used for the first few weeks and then stay where they are from that time forward.

Light control in the home comes in two forms. Natural light control and artificial light control Natural light control can come from house position on the site, i.e. more sun on the south side, exterior shading from trees and shrubs or awnings and eaves, and interior shading. Home Technology Group can help assess all of these areas and provide solutions. We can also provide product for interior shading using Lutron's quiet motorized shading solutions.