At Starline Security, we believe that security screens play a significantly more important role in helping to protect our environment than most people assume. Their installation in homes reduces harmful carbon emissions by a considerable amount. And they do this by changing people’s behavior.
With climate change being an ever-present threat to our beautiful planet and modern life in general, it’s crucial we make every effort we possibly can to reverse its impact. When you install security screens on your doors and windows, not only do you increase the security of your home, but significantly reduce the desire and thus need to run the air conditioning. The practical difference of this outcome is dramatic and cannot be underestimated.
In today’s article, we’re going to take a look at one of our past customers and how their purchase of Starline Security’s security screens for their doors and windows helped to not only secure their home and keep it cool, but also significantly lowered the cost of their power bill and thus dramatically lowered their household’s carbon emissions.
As we’ll discover, their decision to partner with us helped solve several of their problems, but the larger effect they had in becoming more environmentally sensible shows just how eco-friendly security screens can be.
After installing the security screens we could legally fully open the kids bedroom windows, and the entire house could be opened up without risk of letting in pests or intruders. The extent this change helped to cool down the home by providing natural ventilation, even over the warmer months, was significant.
I remember we returned to this customer about six months after completing the job and enquired how much difference our security screens had made to their family. They revealed they now only feel the need to run the air conditioner on the hottest of hot hot days. They even said how much of a pain it was to have to run around and close all the windows and doors so they don’t bother doing that now. They put the fans on instead. Their power bill is now less than $500 a quarter, saving them $4,500 over what they were previously paying during the summer months. If that’s not a remarkable change we don’t know what is.
And, of course, this change also made huge progress in this family being far more eco-friendly. Installing solar panels to generate clean energy in their home was a big step in the right direction but choosing to fit security screens to every door and window in their house helped by dramatically reducing the desire to turn on that air conditioner. It meant they could let airflow through their house and release all that hot air without fear of intruders. When returning home they were no longer greeted by an oppressive heat, especially upstairs, as they felt safe to leave their windows open all day long which got that ventilation circling.
It was all upside for these customers. The security screens kept their house cool, significantly cutting their peak power consumption, and helped them mitigate climate change. Solar helped but it was clearly evident that the security screens played a far more important role than even we thought was possible. Security screens do so much more than just keep your home safe, and at Starline Security, we are always looking for ways to help make people’s lives, and our planet better.
For more information, or to request a free quote, we’d love to hear from you on 07 3272 2974 or contact@starlinesecurity.com.au
