WASHINGTON,\u00a0April 29, 2014\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Top elected officials across the nation are proclaiming\u00a0April 30<\/span>th<\/sup>\u00a0as National Window Film Day. The purpose is to help educate consumers and commercial building owners about a solution to save energy and gain health and safety benefits, according to the International Window Film Association\u00a0<\/span>(IWFA),<\/a>\u00a0a nonprofit group representing the many benefits of window film from leading manufacturers, distributors and dealers.<\/span><\/p>\n “Independent\u00a0research\u00a0<\/a>shows window film can be the most cost effective means of saving on energy costs across all climate zones in many states,” said\u00a0Darrell Smith, executive director of the IWFA.\u00a0 We are especially excited and proud that in this inaugural year of\u00a0National Window Film Day<\/a>, Governors from\u00a0Massachusetts\u00a0to\u00a0Virginia, along with Mayors from\u00a0Chicago\u00a0toRidgeland, Mississippi\u00a0are joining to promote the many benefits of window film,” concluded Smith.<\/p>\n Many of the proclamations from such leading elected officials as\u00a0Massachusetts\u00a0Governor\u00a0Deval Patrick, Virginia GovernorTerence McAuliffe,\u00a0Chicago\u00a0Mayor\u00a0Rahm Emanuel\u00a0and\u00a0Ridgeland, Mississippi\u00a0Mayor\u00a0Gene F. McGee, as well as other officials, can be seen at\u00a0www.iwfa.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the US Department of Energy (DOE), cooling and heating accounts for more than half of the energy use in a typical U.S. home, making it the largest energy expense for most homes. The DOE also points out that roughly 40 percent of unwanted heat that builds up in a home is through windows and windows account for up to 50 percent of a building’s energy loss.<\/p>\n Despite these convincing statistics on how much energy is lost through windows, only 54 percent of Americans are aware that window film can regulate interior temperatures and cut heat transmission through windows in hot, sunny weather, according to a Harris Poll in late\u00a0February 2014\u00a0among 3,034 U.S. adults ages 18 and up. \u00a0For more information about the benefits of window film and Window Film Awareness Day, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/1loRIN5<\/a>.<\/p>\n To protect people indoors, professionally installed window film can block up to 99% of harmful UV rays and help to hold broken glass together. According to\u00a0The New England Journal of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Clinical Interventions In Aging<\/a>, there is evidence that office workers, commuters and residents who are regularly exposed to indoor sunlight face health concerns, such as skin cancer, from the cumulative effects of indoor sun exposure.<\/p>\n About the International Window Film Association Contact: SOURCE International Window Film Association<\/p>\n RELATED LINKS Window film’s energy savings, safety, health and economic benefits touted by governors and mayors across the U.S. WASHINGTON,\u00a0April 29, 2014\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Top elected officials across the nation are proclaiming\u00a0April 30th\u00a0as National Window Film Day. The purpose is to help educate consumers and commercial building owners about a solution to save energy and gain health and safety … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[746,759],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news-ca","category-press-releases-ca"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solargard.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>The International Window Film Association (<\/span>IWFA<\/a>) is a nonprofit organization of window film dealers, distributors, and manufacturers that facilitates the growth of the industry by providing unbiased research, influencing policy and promoting consumer awareness of the many benefits of\u00a0<\/span>window film<\/a>. Like us on\u00a0<\/span>Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<\/span>Twitter<\/a>, an<\/span>d see more information on\u00a0<\/span>YouTube<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSteve Capoccia
\nWarner Communications
\nsteve@warnerpr.com<\/a>
\n617 372 1539<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.iwfa.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"