Posted By Jonathan Breeze
We moved into a building which already had this installed on the windows.

The employee response to this was predominantly negative, with "It looks like Bucharest on a winters day out there!" being one of the few repeatable ones.

Whether this was a slur against Bucharest or Wrexham town centre, I do not know to this day.

The film was removed by an unknown employee shortly after.

Moral - check other solutions first as you do not want to incur the cost of installation only to find it is the wrong answer.

Posted By Jon Robinson
Hi

I had solar film placed on two sides of my old office (the 2 sides that got the sun during the day), and it made a huge difference. Our AC plant coped with the demands of a very hot summer and was able to maintain a comfortable working temperature. In previous years the system struggled to meet demand for cooling and the building was uncomfortably hot. Our peak power demand was noticeably down on very hot days, but I never got as far as quantifying the cost savings.

There are various different grades available so you can strike a balance between reducing solar gain as much as possible and minimising the tint of the film. I think we opted for aound 50% and there was only a faint silvery tint to the windows. Some staff complained but the majority only noticed when shown a window with film applied and one without.

Jon