Lighting & Shades
Crestron Shading Portfolio Adds New Battery-Powered Options and 240 New Fabrics
Natively integrates with the Crestron Home platform for a shading experience that works wholly in concert with other smart home endpoints.
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2021 Fall Product Guide
Keeping track of the many new gear introductions of the past few months.
Lighting & Shades
Lutron Brings Wire-Free Flexibility to Palladiom Shades
Runs on Active Energy Optimization, Lutron’s new patent‐pending battery management architecture.
News
Draper Offers Shade CE Course for CEDIA Credit
Course offered in-person or virtually, covers performance benefits of shade fabrics.
Lighting & Shades
Somfy Releases Tilt Blind Motorization Kit
Designed to be a quick way to add automation to existing blinds.
Lighting & Shades
Screen Innovations’s Zen 2 Outdoor Motorized Shades Designed for Easy Installation
Can turn outdoor areas into year-round living spaces.
News
Draper Unveils New Shade Sales Kit
Attempts to make the shade selling process easier for dealers.
Lighting & Shades
CEDIA 2021: Spotlight on [email protected] Collection
Company highlights its indoor and outdoor shades.
Lighting & Shades
Hunter Douglas Offers New Digital Hub and Selling App for Dealers
The Link is designed to take any guesswork out of quoting, measuring, and ordering Hunter Douglas products.
Lighting & Shades
Somfy Introduces the Sonesse 28 WireFree RTS External Battery Motor
Offers quiet, wireless convenience for motorized window coverings.
Lighting & Shades
Draper Brings the Indoors Outdoors at CEDIA
The Motorized Exterior FlexShade is an economical outdoor shading solution.
Lighting & Shades
Screen Innovations Simplifies Programming of SI Motorized Shades and Screens
New brand-agnostic IP control gateway provides a convenient way to program shades.
Lighting & Shades
PowerShades Get a Quieter Motor
Up to one-quarter as loud as their previous motor, depending on the application.
Lighting & Shades
Screen Innovations Debuts Kratos Power Supply
Leverages installation ease, either in rack or power panel, and compact footprint of SI’s new line of Zigbee 3.0 low-voltage motors.
Lighting & Shades
SI Debuts Online Fabric Selection and Specification Tool
Fabric Wizard narrows down fabric choices based on installation objectives and cosmetic preferences.
Automation
Somfy Announces Smart Shade Integration with Brilliant
Somfy-powered shades, blinds, draperies, screens, awnings, and pergolas can now be controlled and automated using Brilliant touchscreen panels and mobile app.
Lighting & Shades
Earth Day 2021: Hunter Douglas Eco-Conscious Solutions
The shade company offers sustainable design, energy-conserving styles, and re-usable power solutions.
Lighting & Shades
Draper Achieves UL Listing for Motorized FlexShade
Covers both single and dual roller units, as well as coupled shades, up to the largest sizes available.
Lighting & Shades
Hunter Douglas Improves Traditional Roll Design with Kickback Function
Brings Sonnette automated shades even closer to the window, reducing light leakage, increasing privacy, and supporting energy efficiency.
Lighting & Shades
The Latest in Smart Shade Systems
Some of the newest ways to throw shade at your clients.
Automation
URC Partners with Somfy Partner for Whole-Home Shade Control
Collaboration allows control of Somfy powered shades, blinds, and curtains via URC’s control products.
Lighting & Shades
Screen Innovations Delivers Manual Box Version of Nano Motorized Shade
Offers integrators the ability to use a combination of less expensive manual shades on smaller ancillary windows.
Lighting & Shades
Case Study: Add Shades, Increase Profit
Hive Delivers on Demand for Smart Shades to Double Growth with Hunter Douglas.
Lighting & Shades
Hunter Douglas Adds LightLock System to Darken Duette Honeycomb Shades
Light is deflected and windows covered edge-to-edge for darkness on command or on a schedule.
Lighting & Shades
Screen Innovations Introduces Janus Plenum
SI’s new version of Janus power and control hub meets stringent fire and smoke requirements of NEC, NFPA, and UL.
Blogs
Case Study: Hot in Alaska
Legrand’s QMotion shades cool down an Alaskan home while maintaining stunning views.
Integration Guides
Integration Guide to Smart Shades: Start with Shades
Smart shades should be in customer conversations from the very beginning.
Lighting & Shades
Hunter Douglas Introduces New Rechargeable Battery Wand
The sustainable battery solution for PowerView automated window treatments is easy to add, remove, and recharge.
Lighting & Shades
Screen Innovations Adds Coupled Shade Option to its Nano Box Housing
New line of motorized coupled shades enhances the control of multi-shade installations up to 24 feet across in size.
Automation
Crestron Home Integrates with Lutron Lighting and Shading Control
Creston Home now integrates with RA2 Select, RadioRA 2, and Homeworks with QS and QSX systems.
Features
Enlightening Experience
Lutron’s NYC Experience Center gives clients a demo they won’t soon forget.
Lighting & Shades
QMotion Introduces 79 New Decorative Shade Fabric Styles
New collections include light-filtering decorative sheers and room-darkening blackout fabrics.
Lighting & Shades
Shades Case Study: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t
QMotion Qadvanced battery-operated shades blend in seamlessly in remodeled Seattle home.
Lighting & Shades
Hunter Douglas Introduces PowerView Motorization
Turns all of the company’s legacy shading products into smart shades.
Integration Guides
Selling Shades in the Smart Home
Shade control proves to be an integral part of the AV package.
Lighting & Shades
URC Announces Integration of QMotion QAdvanced Shading Systems
Raise, lower, and set to level of individual or groups of QMotion Motorized Shades from any URC Total Control User Interface,
Features
Branching Out
Screen Innovations explains the decision to expand into shades, and what it has learned in the process.
Lighting & Shades
Hunter Douglas Showcases Automated Shades at CEDIA Expo
Shades and blinds are customizable and feature the company’s PowerView automation technology.
Lighting & Shades
Case Study: A Renaissance in Shading
QMotion Qadvanced motorized roller shades reduce heat and deliver convenience for a Dallas home.
Lighting & Shades
RTI Debuts New Driver for Automated Roller Shades
New driver brings QMotion's Qadvanced motorized shades into RTI control and automation platform.