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Energy Savings made Beautiful with Duette Shades from Hunter Douglas

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Canadian homeowners who decorate with custom window coverings are eligible for the Home Renovation Tax Credit. Consumers can save on both energy bills and taxes with the purchase of products from Hunter Douglas, the country's leading manufacturer and marketer of custom window coverings.

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The Canadian Government has confirmed that the Home Renovation Tax Credit includes expenditures for custom window coverings. This means that individuals may be allowed a temporary non-refundable income tax credit of up to $1,350 on their purchase of custom window coverings after January 27, 2009 and before February 1, 2010, providing the expenses are deemed eligible.

Save Energy with Duette® Architella® Honeycomb Shades

Duette® Architella® honeycomb shades are the company’s most energy-efficient product and the fastest-growing innovation in the extremely popular cellular category.

Uncovered windows can literally be energy holes, depleting a home of up to half of its heating and cooling energy dollars.

Specifically designed to address this problem, Duette Architella takes the air-trapping cellular structure of the original Duette honeycomb shade and makes it even more energy-efficient by placing a cell within a cell.

With insulating R-values as high as 7.86 and solar heat gain coefficients as low as 0.15, Duette Architella’s patented cell-within-a-cell design forms more air pockets than traditional honeycomb shades and reduces heat transfer at the window by up to 50 percent when the shades are properly installed – more than doubling the energy efficiency of the window and helping to lower heating and cooling costs.

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With its 180 color and design choices, Duette Architella offers an extensive interiors design palette.
What’s more, Architella shades offer a variety of lifting systems designed with child safety in mind.
Like most Hunter Douglas product offerings, Duette Architella shades have passed rigorous standards and test procedures and are GREENGUARD Indoor Air Certified® and also certified by GREENGUARD for Children & SchoolsSM.

“Energy savings are made beautiful with Duette Architella honeycomb shades,” said Sue Rainville, Director of Marketing for Hunter Douglas Canada. “Purchasing top quality energy-efficient and innovative window fashions has never been more affordable, not to mention the fact that these shades are backed by an exclusive Lifetime Guarantee.”

Visit Hunter Douglas for more information on how you can save on both energy bills and taxes while improving the look of your home.