Heat, light and sleep
Nursery blinds: darkness, safety and daytime naps
Nursery blinds should darken the room for naps, stay safe around a climbing child and limit heat. Blackout choices, cord safety and cot placement explained.
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Heat, light and sleep
Using roller blinds to manage heat, light and sleep at home. Guides on keeping heat in through winter, keeping south-facing rooms cool in summer, sleeping in daylight after a night shift, keeping your privacy after dark, and what blinds do and do not change on an EPC.
Heat, light and sleep
Do blinds improve your EPC rating? What actually counts
Do blinds improve your EPC rating? No. SAP already assumes every window has curtains or blinds. What an EPC assesses, what raises it and where blinds...
Heat, light and sleep
Can people see through your blinds at night? Privacy explained
Can people see through blinds at night? Often, if the room is lit. How each fabric behaves after dark, silhouettes, and how to keep privacy day...
Heat, light and sleep
How to keep a south-facing room cool without air conditioning
How to keep a south-facing room cool without air conditioning: when to close blinds, night ventilation, which fabrics reflect heat and what else helps.
Heat, light and sleep
Blackout blinds for shift workers: sleeping well in daylight
Blackout blinds for shift workers: stop light leaking round the edges, choose recess or face fit, layer with curtains and keep the room cool for day...
Heat, light and sleep
Do blinds really keep heat in? What the evidence says
Do blinds keep heat in? Salford Energy House tests found about 13% less heat loss through glass with a roller blind. See how fit, fabric and...