How Can Window Tinting Stop Glare and Cool Your Home/Office?

How Exactly Does Glare Occur?

In the day, the average normal-sighted human eye has a peak light sensitivity of 555 nanometers (nm). Any more than this and glare can already occur. That's because glare happens when an excessive amount of light enters your eye.



Aside from the sun, artificial high-wattage lights and floodlights can also cause glare. At night, exposure to extremely bright vehicle headlights can also cause temporary blindness.



Either way, glare can be distracting at the very least, but it can also be disabling or worst, blinding.



In homes, glare usually occurs because of bare, untreated windows. All that clear glass allows a lot of sunlight to enter, which can then cause glare. The same goes when your eyes get exposed to too much light that reflects off surfaces.



With that said, glare that reflects off the screen of your computer can also make you less productive. Excessive light alone can hurt your eyes, so imagine how worse it can be if it bounces back to your peepers.

How Tinting Your Windows Can Help Reduce Glare

Home or office window tinting films feature anti-reflective and light-dampening materials. In that way, you can think of them as gigantic sunglasses, except that they cover much more ground.



However, the unique construction of these window treatments also acts as a filter. This feature gives them control over which kind of light to reflect or to permit into your home. That's why they don't block out all light; just distracting or blinding glare.



On that note, high-quality window tinting films can reduce up to 87% of glare. These products also consist of distortion-free materials that provide superior clarity. It's thanks to all these features that they're invisible to the naked eye.

How Does Window Tinting Help Keep Things Cool?

As much as 30% of heat energy leaves a building through bare windows. In the summer, this means that they waste almost a third of the cooled air your AC produces. Then, during winter, you may only be enjoying two-thirds of the heat from the furnace.



Window tinting can help address these heat woes through the process of reflection. Instead of permitting heat energy to exit the windows, they make it "bounce back" into your home. As a result, all that conditioned air remains and circulates inside your abode.



At the same time, window films can reflect some of the warmth of the sun. Instead of letting the sun's energy pass through, they "give it back" to the environment. In doing so, they dampen the heat that permeates your home from the outside.



All these make window tinting an ideal solution to a hot office or even an entire home.

Tinting and Productivity

One study found that over two-thirds of workers complain about their office's illumination. These complaints are either about the light being too dim or too bright. Either way, a lack of or excessive lighting can affect productivity.



As mentioned above, glare can cause unpleasant or even painful sensations. Over time, the pain can be too much for your eyes that all you'd want to do is to close your eyes. Resting is crucial, but if you need to work, then you may force yourself to keep staring at your computer.



End this cycle now, as the longer you expose your eyes to glare, the higher your risks for permanent eye damage.



Conversely, a separate study found that almost half of workers feel tired or very tired at work. More than four in 10 of them also say that they feel gloomy at the workplace.



The reason? Because their office lacks natural sunlight.



As you can see, window tinting films can offer the best of both worlds. They reduce glare while allowing enough natural sunlight to enter the home or office.

Natural Light Without the Harmful UV Rays

All that talk about letting sunlight in may have made you think of excessive UV exposure. UV rays, after all, are among the primary reasons for various health maladies, such as skin aging. Worse, too much UV can cause skin cancer and eye damage.



The great news is, office or home window tinting can also help minimize the harmful effects of UV rays. High-quality tinted films can block up to 99.99% of both UVA and UVB rays. So, even if these treatments allow natural light in, they keep the harmful elements out.

Get Your Windows Tinted Now to See the Huge Difference

There you have it, your guide on how window tinting can help cut glare while also keeping things cool. As you can see, it's not just all talk; these are window film benefits supported by science. Best of all, they do more than control glare and heat; they can also protect you from dangerous UV rays.



Ready to see how big a difference window films can make for your Florida home or office? Then please don't hesitate to get in touch with us here at Film Systems Of Florida! We'll be happy to treat your windows and give them some TLC.