Our Anti-Glare Window Films Can Help Reduce The Dazzle And Brightness Of The Winter Sun

[Liz Seyi]

The winter may be the coldest and darkest season, but that doesn’t prevent glare through the windows of workplaces being a problem during this time of year. Indeed, the low-lying nature of the winter sun might make glare more of an issue for staff at a given premises than it is at the height of summer.
Glare happens when the brightness or angle of the sun interferes with vision or makes it uncomfortable to see. During the darker and chillier months, workers at tall office buildings or similar sites can risk being dazzled by direct sunlight. This can make it difficult for affected personnel to concentrate on screens, paperwork, machinery, and/or co-workers.
Furthermore, even in the winter, direct sunlight onto glazing can rapidly bring about the overheating of a given building’s interior. This is due to short wave radiation from the sun – in other words, what most of us know as “light” – being absorbed by the glass and re-radiated in the form of long wave radiation (what most of us would call “heat”).
There are better solutions than curtains or blinds for combatting winter glare!
The instinctive response that many workers have in an office building when glare becomes a problem, is drawing the curtains or blinds to block out the light. This is a perfectly understandable response, but you might also consider it less than ideal. After all, you will probably want your staffers to keep on benefitting from the view and the natural daylight.
This is where dedicated anti-glare window films show their worth. They save you from having to block out the view or natural light in your workplace, and they are designed to be retrofitted to glass.
Depending on the specific window film you select, it can bring a range of both aesthetic and practical benefits to your commercial building or work premises. Those benefits may include one-way daytime privacy, as well as the filtering of up to 99% ultraviolet (UV) light – the latter a potentially vital feature for protecting interior fabrics from fading prematurely.
While many anti-glare window films are designed to be internally applied, some variants have been created with external application in mind. This is a crucial distinction to make, given that the way in which internal window film is processed means it cannot be expected to stand up to outdoor weather and UV light if it is installed on the outside surface of glass.
Ask us about the anti-glare window films that might best suit your intended application
We are pleased here at Stockfilms to serve as stockists and distributors of a broad variety of architectural window films that can greatly help reduce glare, in addition to bringing numerous other advantages to a business site.
You may, for instance, be especially drawn to the Opalux brand’s Silver 20 product, which is the original and most commonly used solar control film in the UK and across the globe. This 35-micron film drives down glare by 82%, while transmitting 16% of visible light. It can be quickly installed, and massively helps alleviate the discomfort that excessive glare and heat cause.
However, similarly excellent results are also delivered by such offerings in our range as the Opalux Dual Reflective Silver 05 film – which brings about 92% glare reduction – and externally applied films like the Opalux Reflective External Grey/Silver 10 product. The latter is capable of lowering glare by 91%, and it can be a superb option for hindering vision into a property, thereby maximising worker privacy.
For a conversation with our technical support team here at Stockfilms about the specific anti-glare window films that might best suit your needs, please call 020 8441 0449 today.