New design for electric VELUX INTEGRA® external blinds

Good shading important in preventing overheating homes

With rising temperatures, the risk of home overheating also increases. Keeping windows and blinds closed during the day and opening windows at night when it cools off keeps a home pleasantly cool. For even more convenience, the electric VELUX INTEGRA^®exterior shades improved. A new slim design and a faster and quieter motor provide heat protection with even more comfort and preservation of daylight and views.

New electric platform VELUX outdoor blinds

The electric VELUX INTEGRA^® mains-powered external blinds type MML and solar-powered external blinds type MSL have a new design. The modern design consists of a slim cassette and side guides that connect seamlessly to a VELUX skylight. The improved motor ensures faster and quieter operation and the improved design provides a rain contact noise reduction of 10dB compared to a skylight without external blinds.

Always a pleasant temperature in the house

To reduce the temperature in the home, it is important to prevent the incursion of sunlight using blinds. This is especially true in well-insulated homes. Legislation and regulations will soon set a limit for the probability of temperature excess (the TOjuli value). With good shading, warming can be almost completely prevented, because the sun's rays are blocked before they hit the glass. "VELUX external blinds reduce solar heat with 73%. While maintaining daylight and views through the mesh structure of the screen fabric. Quite pleasant in rooms where daylight is essential, for example when working from home or when the children are doing homework. This reduces the need to use artificial lighting and electronic cooling because the room heats up less. This saves energy and so residents still maintain contact with the outdoors. An additional advantage is that the new platform is attractively priced," says Jolanda de Gooijer, Product Group Manager at VELUX Netherlands.

Automatic shading and cooling

VELUX INTEGRA® electric external blinds are easy to install on both manual and electric VELUX skylights. To actively cool the home, the electric external blinds (and electric skylights) can be linked to the VELUX ACTIVE indoor climate system. This makes them easy to operate via smartphone and voice control or automatically open or close when sensors detect or expect excessive temperatures

"VELUX ACTIVE can think and act completely independently. If you leave the house, you can close all the windows at once with one press of the ACTIVE lock button. Good for your safety. Smart climate sensors monitor temperature, humidity and CO2 concentration in the home. Based on the climate in the home or if high temperatures are predicted, exterior blinds and skylights close during the day to prevent the room from heating up. At night, the exterior blinds go up and several downstairs and attic windows open against each other without the use of air conditioning, saving energy costs. This allows residents to enjoy summer at pleasant temperatures and benefit from a healthy indoor climate," de Gooijer said.

VELUX ACTIVE is designed so that homeowners can easily install the system themselves. People who have a VELUX ACTIVE starter kit can connect it directly to an electric VELUX INTEGRA® product on mains or solar power. With a Google Home, Apple HomeKit or Apple product, people can immediately enjoy all the functionality of VELUX ACTIVE.

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Awareness and interesting pricing for VELUX thermal blinds

Through a major online media campaign, VELUX Netherlands is informing consumers of the benefits of outdoor blinds this summer. The gross recommended retail price of the improved electric VELUX INTEGRA® external blinds is on average 30% lower than that of the previous platform. To motivate more consumers to opt for electric blinds and thus achieve an optimal indoor climate, consumers will receive a cashback of €15 on manually operated external blinds and €30 cashback on all remotely controlled INTEGRA® (electric) external blinds and all shutters between June 1 and July 31, 2020 from VELUX. This makes it especially interesting for consumers to purchase sun protection products right now.

The cashback can be applied for at www.velux.nl/cashback, where more information about the action can also be found.