Is Storefront Window Tinting Worth It?

Save Energy, Save HVAC Maintenance

If you live in Florida, you're spending more than four times the national average price for air conditioning. That means that you spend 40% more than others on your cooling than others.

That adds up fast for homeowners, but if you own a storefront or commercial building those energy prices skyrocket even faster. Getting window film on your building can reduce energy consumption by 30% in Florida.

Better cooling also means less maintenance on your system. Less operational time means less air flowing through your filter, less mechanical wear, and that means fewer service calls.

You can even contribute to the environment with window tint, because it can help you reach that LEED rating for going green. That LEED rating can squeeze a few more dollars out of the value of your storefront or building on resale.



You have permission to stop sweating now.

Privacy For You and Your Customers

A great bonus, depending on your business, is privacy. If you're running a business that has a desk near a window with access to foot traffic, you could save more than just a few dollars. Data privacy is being taken very seriously these days, especially in Europe.

It's only a matter of time before it's a requirement. Doing what's required garners less trust from customers than going the extra mile. Being proactive might boost your business because customers trust you are doing everything you should do and more behind the scenes as well.

Great applications for privacy commercial films include:

• Areas with a lot of foot traffic
• Banks
• Tax accountants
• Offices
• Remittance offices
• Pawn shops
• Cashier counters
• Spas

A couple of things to mention, though. Privacy tinting for pawn shops and spas can also drive away business. If the tint is too dark on a spa, for instance, people could be thinking it's one of those kinds of spas.



To be safe, you'll want to get privacy tinting only on rooms that you'll be doing treatments in. Keep the lobby area at a lower tint so it doesn't look like you're hiding anything.

Protect Your Office Equipment

The same reasons many people get dark tint on their cars are the same reasons we get them on commercial buildings as well. It protects privacy, yes. but along with privacy, it protects your things.

If people don't know what you have, and how to get at it, then they won't.

Then there's actually protecting it with a shield. Security films are great protection against criminals that try to break in.



It won't stop a car, but some are even rated for earthquakes and bombs. It won't save the glass, but it will keep out criminals, and prevent harmful shards from flying in. It will even stop a criminal with an aluminum bat!

Less Glare: Healthier Eyes and Skin

Going back to our opening comments, where are some huge health benefits from being in a store with tint. Since most of us work by windows, you're exposed to UV for those 90,000 hours of your work life.

Tinting blocks just short of 100% of UV radiation, at about 99.9%.

Glare is a huge problem that can cause eyestrain, headaches, and migraines. If you are a sufferer of migraines, as in 1 in 4 US households, that means that tinting your workplace can reduce the $36 billion cost in lost productivity annually.

As well as glare, we talked about skin cancer rates. Skin cancer is very preventable through tint and SPF 15 skincare products for daily use. The cost per patient is on average $1600 as of 2011.

Between 2007 and 2011, the cost of skin cancer more than doubled in the USA. One reason is high deductibles, which only 10% of insurance companies carried. Now, 33% or more now carry only high deductible plans.



Getting window tint in the workplace means avoiding eye strain, migrane, saving lives, reducing the cost of cancer, and, finally, increasing productivity. If that isn't enough of a motivation, we don't know what is.

It Looks Great From the Outside

If you have glass curtain wall construction on your building, no one wants to see straight through to the inside. They might want to know what goes on inside, but having a dark window exterior is a sleek look.

The Al Rio Tower in Buenos Aires, Argentina is a great example of this kind of look. But you don't need an ultra-modern skyscraper to get a similar effect on your building.

All the above points are fantastic reasons for getting tint from a practical angle. But don't think looking good doesn't go to the bottom line.



With increased aesthetic appeal to your building not only will your workers feel more confident and loyal to your company and brand, but they'll take pride in their work. When you do get ready to sell or rent out your property, aesthetics count for a lot.

Storefront Window Tinting to the Rescue

We often think of window tint only being applied to cars, but the truth is that any window can benefit from window tinting. Whether it's a standalone building, a home, or storefront window tinting, you can run cooler, more efficiently, and save your skin and eyes.

All while being safer from prying eyes and break-ins.

What are the latest window tinting prices? It takes a professional to give an accurate window tint cost. That just means that you should give Film Systems Of Florida a call.

We've been a trusted, locally owned business servicing Southwest Florida since 1977. We're a LLumar and Vista authorized dealer, so you know we've got the highest quality film in the industry, and we know how to apply it.

Don't wait, get in touch today!