Explore Operating Systems for Your Window Treatments
When selecting a new style for your home, choosing the right operating systems for window treatments is as important a decision as settling on your favorite style of shade, shutter, or blind. That’s because the operating system affects the daily use of your window coverings, and the features of different operating systems can improve the way you use your home and can increase your household’s overall energy efficiency. Cordless operation systems make your window treatments safer for children and pets, and variable controls give you increased options for light diffusion or room darkening, depending on your unique needs.
That’s why our team at Window Concepts is here with a primer on different window treatment operation systems available from Hunter Douglas, a leading name in window décor.
Convenience Of Use
When it comes to your window treatments, the convenience of use is important—not just to make operating window treatments easier, but to ensure the optimal use of each shade. After all, window treatments that are difficult to maneuver are rarely used, and rarely-used window coverings aren't really useful to homeowners.
Selecting operating systems for window treatments that are easy to use ensures the more regular use of shades and adds numerous benefits to your space, including improved energy efficiency.
Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation is optimal for those looking for motorized operating systems for window treatments as it has a variety of user interfaces and ways to control your window treatments. You can use the Pebble® remote control or fixed wall panel, the PowerView® app on your smart devices, or your smart home device to control your shades, shutters, blinds, and drapes with the sound of your voice.
With PowerView® Automation, you can program your window treatments to open and close with the movement of the sun or set custom scheduling options to improve energy efficiency and control the light when and where you want it. PowerView® Automation works with most Hunter Douglas window treatments including cellular honeycomb shades, Roman shades, roller and solar shades, blinds, and shutters.
Safety
Though we might look at our window treatments and see only the beauty of their design, the truth is many big box store blinds and shades can hide a real danger. The cord system that some manual operating systems use long dangling cords that pose a hazard for young children or pets who can get ensnared in the line.
Child-safe operating systems are designed without a dangling cord to negate this safety hazard and include the following types of operating systems for window treatments by Hunter Douglas:
UltraGlide®: UltraGlide® is a manual operating system that still utilizes a cord system to raise and lower the window treatment, it’s a safer option because it has a retractable cord so there aren’t any loose, hanging lines.
Cordless Operating Systems: Taking safety to the next level involves cordless operating systems like EasyRise® or SimpleLift™. These operating systems allow shades to be raised and lowered with a cordless loop or by the touch of your hand for maneuverability that is easy and safe.
PowerView® Automation: The motorized movement of window treatments controlled with PowerView® Automation are child-safe because they don’t pose the same strangulation hazard as manual systems since they don’t need the traditional corded system to operate.
Light Control Options
Since a window treatment’s primary function is usually related to light control, it’ important to understand how different operating systems for window treatments contribute to the different levels of light control.
The Top-Down/Bottom-Up LiteRise® system allows for window treatments like Roman shades, cellular honeycomb shades and/or woven wood shades to open from the top or bottom instantly doubling the maneuverability options for these shades. This innovative design increases the versatility of shades for both light-control and privacy.
Duolite® by Hunter Douglas is another operating system that increases the versatility of a shade through design innovation. Duolite® combines a light-filtering treatment and a room-darkening treatment onto a single shade for a window fashion that is stylish and has enhanced light control and privacy features.
Contact Us to Learn More
If you want to learn more about Hunter Douglas window treatments and their operating systems, the Window Concepts team is standing by to answer all of your questions and help you pick the perfect treatment for your next design refresh.
Contact us online, give us a call to make an appointment at (484) 318-8238, and visit our showroom, located at 1712 E Lancaster Ave in Paoli, PA.
Our service area includes Malvern, Chester Springs, Paoli, Devon, Radnor, Gladwyne, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Newtown Square, and the entire Philadelphia Main Line. We look forward to helping you with your next design!