{"id":396,"date":"2010-05-20T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T17:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/?p=396"},"modified":"2015-04-29T15:44:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T15:44:45","slug":"heated-skylight-owner-save-energy-on-cooling-the-indoors-with-cellular-window-shades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/heated-skylight-owner-save-energy-on-cooling-the-indoors-with-cellular-window-shades\/","title":{"rendered":"Heated Skylight Owner? Save Energy on Cooling the Indoors with Cellular Window Shades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skylight-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-397 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skylight-1.jpg\" alt=\"Through the Doorway of a Bathroom\" width=\"183\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skylight-1.jpg 183w, https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skylight-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skylight-1-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a>With warm weather making its way across the country and budget-conscious Americans looking for ways to cut back on cooling bills, the best savings might be hanging right overhead.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/24-skylight-shades\">Skylights<\/a>\u00a0may be easy to forget about, but impossible not to notice in the summer when certain areas of the house still have hot spots. Air conditioning represents 22% of an average household\u2019s total energy bill, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmi.org\/\">Rocky Mountain Institute<\/a>, a think tank focused on natural resources.<br \/>\nTo cut back on energy use, keep portals to the sun\u2019s direct light such as skylights and windows covered when necessary. When it comes to protecting a home\u2019s interior, the small investment in\u00a0treatments to cover skylights can go a long way.<!--more--><br \/>\nSkylights have a huge impact on the space from a lighting point of view. That\u2019s why you can\u2019t put film on a skylight \u2013 it significantly reduces the amount of light that comes into the space.<br \/>\nShades, such as the honeycombed model sold by CellularWindowShades.com, are more versatile. Closing blinds and curtains in peak sunlight hours reduces the output needed by cooling systems \u2013 and light-colored window treatments can reduce heat indoors by 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skylight-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-400 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Skylight-2.jpg\" alt=\"Skylight 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a>You can draw the shades when you want to block heat or cold from entering your home, and open them up when you want light and to take advantage of solar gain. Basically, instead of just putting a furnace in your home and having it on all the time, it\u2019s putting a furnace in your home and being able to turn it on and turn it off.<br \/>\nBy installing insulating cellular shades into skylights you will be able extend the seasons you can use spaces like sunrooms into the early spring and late fall as well as being able to use the room during the dog days of summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With warm weather making its way across the country and budget-conscious Americans looking for ways to cut back on cooling bills, the best savings might be hanging right overhead. Skylights\u00a0may be easy to forget about, but impossible not to notice in the summer when certain areas of the house still have hot spots. 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