Solar Screen Company

Specialties

Solar Screen Company of Pittsburgh Window Film provides specific personal and property protection from the effects of the sun as well as added safety and security in the events that result in broken glass. The concept of window tinting for use in solar control flat glass application dates back to the early 1960s. The original tinting design objective was to control the heating and cooling imbalances that result from solar loading. Such early films were found to reflect solar radiation back from a window, preventing the warming of inside surfaces normally hit by direct sunlight while still allowing vision through the glass. As the window tinting concept was developed and improved upon, a demand developed for colored sun control films that would complement architectural design. Coloration of film was achieved through various means to produce colors such as bronze, gray, gold, amber, etc...