Overview:

Fabric woven from polyester, designed to reduce glare, heat and light from entering buildings. Suitable for interior commercial and residential applications.

Product Description:

Total Window Concept’s Enviroshade is a woven polyester roller blind fabric with an optional metallised backing. Product is manufactured from Trevira CS yarn, a flame retardant fabric.Product is suitable for use on indoor roller blinds, skylight blinds and decorative panels.

Fabrics can effectively reduce heat and glare transmitted into internal spaces while still allowing outward vision. Many of the options within this range have a visual light transmittance (VLT) of less than 10% and are therefore effective at reducing glare.

The fabrics can achieve reduction in the demand for air conditioning, reducing electricity consumption and associated greenhouse gases, particularly when used in conjunction with a closely sealed blind system. Actual performance will depend on the hardware configuration used.

Enviroshade is available with a metallised backing which is able to reflect solar energy and reduce heat gain. The backing is made from aluminium, a high embodied material. However, aluminium backing makes up less than 2% of the product. Non-metallised fabric is designed to resist moisture and is suitable for use in humid areas.

Use of this product may contribute to the achievement of Green Star™ credit points. Subscribers please click here to view full enhanced content listing.

Country of Origin

Product is manufactured in Germany.

Ecospecifier Issue of Concern / Red Lights

Minor issue: polyester is based on fossil fuel petrochemical polymer, however provided the fabric is fully recycled this investment in resources can be off-set by reduced material use in the future.Products with recycled polyester content obviously have a significant reduction in embodied energy and environmental impact.

Assessment Comparison

Standard window covering fabrics, for example PVC, polyester, cotton, wool, viscose etc.

Availability:

ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Assessment Criteria Satisfied

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