If you could choose between energy saving blinds that conserve energy or regular blinds which don't save any energy, which would you choose.

The government have made it clear that both home owners and business owners are going to have to increase our energy efficiency. If you combine this with the huge rise in gas and electricity prices that we have seen over the last couple of years, you can see how beneficial it would be to reduce the amount of energy that you consume and pay for.

In the same way that roof insulation and double glazed windows can play a part in making your home or offices energy efficient, and cheaper to run - window blinds have an important role to play in insulating against heat lost and energy wastage during winter months.

In summer, blinds also reduce "solar gain", meaning they cut down the amount of the sun's heat that is transferred through windows into your room - meaning air conditioning units won't have to work quite as hard to keep your room cool - Again less energy is used and money is saved.

In reality, all types of blinds and fabrics will provide some energy savings, and therefore cost savings. However, it's important to realise that some types of blinds and specific fabrics perform a lot better than others.

So now, you'll be asking "How do I know which is the best fabric or blind type to save energy"? a good question.

Luckily, one of the UK's best known fabric manufacturers, have decided to lead the energy saving movement within the blinds industry by extensively testing all their fabric for energy efficiency, which can reduce energy consumption by between 23% and 33% depending on the fabric and colour.

We at Ultrasound use these fabrics in order to ------------------------?