Katy had been involved in super-insulated homes built in the 1980’s, when working for Feilden Clegg Design, where roller blinds were velcroed to window frames, and she has been searching for a better version of this idea ever since. After struggling to import blinds from the US she found these unsuitable and now makes the thermal blinds in Somerset. See the new website for details.
Conservation Areas & Listed Buildings
The UK has a glorious range of beautiful and protected old buildings, many of which are difficult to heat. The target for C02 reductions in the UK are ambitious and organizations such as the National Trust are beginning to identify a strategy to deal with heat loss & energy efficiency in their buildings.
Listing currently protects 500,000 or so buildings. Many of these have windows which cannot be altered and thermal blinds may be a good solution to some of the heat loss and thermal comfort issues. Read More
