3M Window Film
Windows are an architectural necessity for any home or office, as people require daylight for multiple reasons. We want to know and see what is outside, whether the view is of the Rocky Mountains or a crowded street in New York City. Daylight has numerous health benefits, too, including increased productivity and mental stimulation. But the windows that afford us sunlight also come with drawbacks. They are typically the most inefficient part of the building envelope, allowing in the sun’s heat in the summer and permitting the escape of manmade heat to the outside in the winter. They are also typically the most vulnerable part of the building envelope, as glass is easier to break than other building materials such as concrete, brick, wood, or stone.
3M Window Film, first patented in 1966, addresses these inefficiencies and vulnerabilities.
3M Window Film Reduces Glare, Fading & Utility Bills
3M Window Film Helps Protect People & Property
Increase Efficiencies, Reduce Vulnerabilities
Inefficiencies
- Reduce heat transfer
- Reduce solar heat gain
- Reduce manmade heat loss
- Reduce utility bills
- Reduce Solar Heat Gain
- Coefficient
- Reduce U-Value
- Reduce furniture fade
- Reduce glare
Vulnerabilities
- Help protect people
- Help protect property
- Help maintain continuity of operations
- Bomb Blast
- Windstorm
- School safety
- Breaking & Entering
- Spontaneous Glass Breakage
- Safety Glazing / Human Impact
Foster Natural Light, Privacy & Design Appeal
While we value the clear nature of glass, which makes it function as we want it to, there are drawbacks to the lack of privacy it provides, especially in private offices, conference rooms, and bathrooms with windows. 3M Glass Finishes Window Film can overcome any limitations of clear glass by helping to create privacy, disperse light, and improve aesthetics by adding dimension, color, texture, and pattern.
- Disperse light
- Create privacy
- Distraction Markers
- Branding / Logos / Messaging