Commercial awnings are perfect for a hot summer afternoon, due to the cooling effects it brings to a property. A commercial awning is a covering which is attached onto the outside wall of a building. Awnings may be made of cotton or polyester, acrylic or vinyl. They are good at keeping the heat out, helping you control the temperature in your business, and providing a nice shade to relax in and enjoy the summer breeze in. Some of the benefits a commercial awning adds to a business are as follows:
Firstly, they enable one to control the temperature in their own home or business. Research has shown that awnings can reduce the temperature underneath it by almost 20 degrees. This cooling effect will also extend into the house, since awnings reduce the sun rays from penetrating into the house through the slide doors and windows. They are thus perfect for summer evenings when the temperatures make one’s employees and customers feel hot, sticky and uncomfortable, as they make the temperatures much cooler and enjoyable.
Commercial awnings will boost the structural design of a building, making it more stable and solid. They will also help increase the sales in your business, since they are easy to spot and are proven to increase the visibility of your building from the street.
With over 300 colours to choose from, one can choose a colour that suits them and their business, making their business more attractive and eye catching. There are many graphics that can be drawn onto the business awnings, hence allowing one to personalise them according to their interests and choice.
They also increase the commercial space in your business, cheaply. With add-ons such as a screen room, the awning can become an outdoors room with no bugs, mist or draughts coming from underneath the sides of the awnings. This outdoor room is perfect for your customers to visit and enjoy evenings out on the decks in the summer, with a cool pitcher of juice in hand.
The awnings will also provide a superb area where the customers’ little children and pets can enjoy their playing time in the summer evenings, away from the direct sun that can cause sunburns and excessive loss of body water.
Awnings are also advantageous because they will help protect the solar panels in a hot summer afternoon, which helps increase their shelf life, thus helping to save on costs and maintenance. Commercial awnings are also beneficial because by reducing the sunlight entering the rooms, they will help prevent the fading of furniture and carpets that excess sunlight in the summer causes. They will also reduce the glare on computer and television screens by up to 90%, as well as the hardwood flooring from ageing faster in the summer.
They are also perfect because they come with a pitch that can be adjusted, enabling you to lower or raise it with time, as the sun moves on towards the west. This is easy to do, since awnings are easy to use, and will not break easily, being made from stainless steel.
To add to that, they provide an energy efficient way of reducing the temperatures in your business, thus saving many pounds that you might have otherwise invested in buying and installing an air conditioner, as well as higher electricity costs in the summer.
In conclusion, they are a great addition to any business, adding beauty, saving on energy costs, as well as providing extra space that customers can seat in in the summer, and enjoy their time in your business even more.