Keep your home cool with smart roller shutters

While summer weather is great, arriving home to an indoor temperature near boiling point is very unpleasant! We've all experienced this, and the first thing we do is run around the home to open all the windows. Or we turn on the air conditioning if we’re lucky enough to have it.

This kind of unbearable heat also affects any pets in the home, while plants are at risk of drying out in too much direct sunlight. Any furniture exposed to the sun fades and has a shorter lifespan.

Motorized sunshades keep the home cooler

Fortunately there is a solution to all this: smart motorized sunshades. They make it easier to keep your home cool during the summer, with a range of options available:

• Roller shutters
• Terrace awnings
• Vertical blinds
• Venetian outdoor blinds

These are all solutions for outside the home. You can also use roller blinds, curtains, blinds, or pleated blind inside the home, but it's always better to block the sun's rays from the outside. This prevents heat from entering the home in the first place. In fact, up to 50 percent of incoming heat can be blocked using external sunshades, such as roller shutters.

Roller shutters are commonly used throughout Europe to keep homes cool. They cover openings such as doors and windows. In this way they also serve as a preventive measure against break-ins. Automated electric roller shutters take care of themselves during the day. This allows you to focus on other things and enjoy greater indoor comfort in the evenings after work or a day at the beach.

There are also other factors that can affect the amount of heat being blocked. These include the type of windows – whether single glazing, double glazing, or triple glazing – as well as the presence of reflective coatings. A home’s location, window sizes, and building materials can all play a role in heat accumulation.

Use the "Thermal Comfort" scene in the TaHoma app

To avoid having an extremely hot home in the middle of summer, you can use the "Thermal Comfort" function in the TaHoma app from Somfy . This pre-installed scene ensures that sunshades are automatically activated when the sun is at its hottest – preventing rays from entering the home. All you need is a TaHoma switch and the Sunis WireFree II io sun sensor. Just input a few simple settings in the TaHoma app and off you go.

When the sun comes out, your sunshades will automatically be lowered or extended – keeping your home cool. If the sun goes behind the clouds or the weather deteriorates, the sunshades will automatically be raised or retracted.

Your daily life immediately becomes much easier. In the long run, this kind of automation can also help to lower energy costs. As your home is cool when you open the front door, you do not need to turn on the air conditioning.

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