Tampa Energy Costs Cut With Solar Screens

As the cost of electricity continues to creep higher, your Tampa Bay power bills become an ever increasing portion of you spending pie.  This unfortunate situation also presents a great opportunity to cut your expenses by installing exterior solar screens to save up to 20%.

• A report on energy efficient homes, released by the University of Florida in 2009, stated in the opening paragraph that about 40% of your electric bill is for the purposes of cooling or heating your home or business.
• The same report stated that every degree under 78 degrees the thermostat is set to, your energy bills will increase up to 8%.

While installing a more efficient air conditioner or ceiling fans can help reduce the cost of temperature adjustment, the best thing you can do is stop the heat from entering your home in the first place.  Exterior solar window screens block 70-90% of the sun’s heat before it even hits the glass.  The figure on the right illustrates the effect of solar window screens on the sun’s hot rays.  If a majority of the heat is absorbed, deflected, or dispersed before it hits the window, only a small percentage ever enters the interior.

Solar screens even make low energy windows more efficient since they can be more effective with the reduced amount of heat with which they have to contend.

Tampa Bay Electric Companies Agree

Progress energy in Pinellas County state on this web page that exterior solar screens “do a much better job of keeping your house cool.”  And Tampa Electric published an energy saving tips brochure for its business owners urging them to “consider installing solar screens” in an effort to cut energy costs.

Sun Block Screens of Florida has helped many customers save energy costs.  We custom build and install solar screens for any window on your house.  Call today to set up an on-site free estimate for your home or business anywhere in Tampa Bay.