How Window Film Empowers Facilities Managers: Five Ways

Facilities managers have always known about window film, but they might not understand all the nuances of window film. Facilities managers may just be copying what their predecessors did by installing window film because that’s “what Joe used to do.” While that’s not a bad approach, here are some of the reasons window film can help with the maintenance of your buildings. You know–in case someone ever asks you.

Energy Efficiency

Who doesn’t want to save money, protect the environment, and be more energy efficient? Window film helps reduce the heat gain from the sun. And we’ve all got more sun these days, even foggy San Francisco! Not to mention outlying cities in the Bay Area. San Jose, Santa Clara, the East Bay, and Marin County can get very hot during the summer in particular. We’ve talked about climate change and window film recently, and you might enjoy How Window Film Helps You Battle Climate Change.

Safety and Security

Window film helps hold glass together during times of stress, such as high winds. You don’t want people to get hurt by shards of glass, so it’s a very good idea for high rises, restaurants, and other businesses. During our last winter here in San Francisco some high rises suffered some very high winds, which broke glass and had it shatter on the streets below. Window film can reduce the risk from flying shards.

Privacy

When you have buildings close to each other, there’s a good chance people will be able to see into your building. Your tenants don’t want their neighbors seeing everything they’re doing, even if they’re just eating lunch! Window film helps your tenants maintain their privacy, which makes for a safer workplace. There are various styles of window film which can even be used to partially cover glass–for instance when several dentists are sharing an office space and want to create separate spaces.

Glare Reduction

We’re always going on about having to wear sunglasses indoors. Sunglasses do protect your eyes, but why do you have to wear them inside? Instead, put sunglasses on your building! You might like Learn the Best Ways to Use Window Film. Squinting is never a good look for anyone, and having window film can boost productivity, and reduce headaches and squinting.

UV Protection

Last but not least is UV protection. We all have that one friend with the sun-bleached furniture and ugly flooring because the sun’s rays beat down on their office or home. Prevent that bleaching effect with window film protection. Window film blocks up to 99% of UV rays, according to 3M. And even more important? Window film protects your skin. Too much UV can damage your skin and is known to cause skin cancer. Read more about window film and how it protects against skin cancer in this article from the Skin Cancer Foundation. As for us, we’ll be using window film on the windows as well as sunscreen and a wide-brimmed hat when we’re outdoors.