Window Glare: How to Prevent Glass Reflection Burning Grass

“Help, my energy efficient windows are burning my grass!”

We know the frustration, we hear about it from Turf Guard Window Film customers all the time. You were just trying to do the right thing! You installed energy efficient low emissivity windows that would reduce your carbon footprint, helping Mother Earth, and save you and your family cash, helping the household bottom line, by greatly reducing your need for electricity-hungry air conditioning. But now the low-e windows you installed are melting artificial turf grass in the yard, the same stuff you installed to reduce your property’s need for watering to help the planet and your budget in the first place! It seems like a vicious cycle, but there’s an easy solutuon. And it’s right in our name: Turf Guard Window Film.

How does Turf Guard window film stop solar reflections melting grass?

Your energy efficient windows create reflections that are hot enough to melt turf grass because they have a highly reflective coating that bounces off much more light than standard glass window panes. And because they often have a slight curve that creates a lens like effect, concentrating the reflections, all that reflected light is concentrated into a hot shaft of energy, a beam powerful enough to melt grass, vinyl siding, plastic furniture, and more. By changing the way the exterior of the windows interacts with light, Turf Guard Window Film ameliorates the problem of windows melting grass or other surfaces. Instead of bouncing in a concentrated beam, the window film scatters light particles in all directions, ensuring the reflected light is benign will still also ensuring your low-e windows allow for a more energy efficient, eco-friendly, and cost effective home.