How to Use Your Motorized Shades in Every Season

Learn how your Lutron shades keep you comfortable year-round in Palm Beach

Palm Beach, FL, certainly experiences weather extremes throughout a typical year. Swamp-like summers when the humidity is stifling, rainy seasons when hurricanes are a dime a dozen, and even occasional chilly winters when the temperatures can drop down to the thirties — we Floridians live through all this and more.

But through every season Florida has to offer, your motorized shades can be an incredibly resourceful and useful technology to help you and your family stay comfortable no matter what’s going on outside. So, keep reading to learn how Lutron motorized shade solutions can help you ride out every season in comfort and luxury.

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Winter

While a Florida winter can’t compare to a snowy northern winter, it’s still nothing to scoff at for native Floridians who aren’t used to the cold. During the cold-weather months, temperatures can drop to the 40s or lower overnight and into the morning. So instead of running your heater full blast, use your motorized shades to help control the climate indoors.

Lutron’s automated shade fabrics insulate your home to keep warm air from escaping through the windows. One helpful solution to get you through winter is integrating your Lutron shades with a compatible thermostat and creating a custom “Warm Home” scene that lowers the shades and turns on the heater when the house reaches a specific temperature.

Spring

Spring can be mercurial in Florida, with cool mornings, hot afternoons, and lengthening days as we approach Daylight Saving Time in March. Your automated shades can help you regulate your indoor environment as the weather shifts throughout the day. Schedule your Lutron window shades to open as the sun rises to warm the house and banish any lingering chill. In the afternoons, schedule the shades to close automatically when the sun is hottest to keep your home cool and preserve your furniture from the damaging effects of sunlight.

What if the weather changes while you’re at work, like a thunderstorm hitting in the morning while the shades are still open? That’s no problem because you can operate your window treatments remotely through the Lutron app. Simply press a button to lower all the shades and button your home up tight.

Summer

A Florida summer brings the heat and humidity to your home in full force. Luckily, Lutron has shading options to help you beat the heat inside and keep everyone comfortable during sweltering summers. One solution we love for our Florida residents is the Triathlon battery-powered honeycomb shades. Insulating honeycomb shades are designed to trap hot air within the shade layers and prevent it from reaching your interiors. Now your AC doesn’t need to run at full blast to combat the heat of the sun, thus increasing the energy-efficiency of your system. During the broiling summer months, set your shades on a schedule to close automatically between the hottest hours of the day to keep your home cool and comfortable.

Lutron’s honeycomb shades come in sheer, light-filtering, and room-darkening options. The light-filtering fabric is a great option for large common rooms like the living room so that you can receive all the light but none of the heat from Florida’s beautiful sunshine.

Fall

The days start getting shorter during fall as we prepare to move the clocks back in November. One of the most convenient features Lutron shades have is automating shade control based on an astronomic time clock. This type of control automatically adjusts your window treatments based on events like sunrise and sunset for your geographic location and date.

Lutron’s astronomic time clock provides you with an easy, hassle-free way to open your shades with the sunrise and lower them with the sunset as the days begin darkening earlier in the evening.

ForceAV is your smart shade expert and Lutron dealer in Palm Beach, FL. Let us help you find the shading solutions you need for comfort, lighting control, and luxury. Call us or fill out an online form to get started. We look forward to working with you!