Holiday Inn. Downtown Los Angeles

The Holiday Inn on Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles is has 212 air conditioned bedrooms. The energy costs were enormous, especially in the Summer months. The sun was also causing fading and damage to interior furnishings, particularly window treatments and wallpaper. The manager asked Sun-Tech to tint all the windows of the hotel; a total of 12,000 square feet. 

Sun-Tech, working in partnership with Metropolitan West, completed the windows in one week. They used Green Silver Reflective Film with 68% reflectivity. The color was to match the Holiday Inn green logo.

The Holiday Inn. Downtown Los Angeles after window tinting

The manager reported that in the first month following the tinting, the hotel saved 30% on its total energy bills. In addition the bedrooms were more comfortable for guests and there would be a long term savings in furnishings and decorating


Tartine et Chocolat, Beverly Hills

Retail stores with window displays have a problem with the sun fading merchandise. This is a particularly big problem in Southern California which has year round sunshine. The primary cause of fading is invisible ultra violet radiation from the sun. 

Tartine et Chocolat is a prestigious specialty children’s clothing store located on Beverly Drive in the heart of Beverly Hills. The store has two window displays of their high end designer clothing from Paris. The store manager, Kim Sisano, called Sun-Tech for help.

She explained that even after only a week on display, everything in the windows had to be given away because of color fading. The darker colors, even in the winter months were especially affected. The store was losing thousands of dollars worth of very expensive stock every month.

 
Work In Progress                   The finished job

Since the visibility of the window displays was so important, we chose a clear reflective film. The job took only half a day to complete. The end result? The visibility of the window displays is just as good as before, but now the merchandise in the window no longer has sun damage and can be returned to the store stock for retail.