The latest upgrade for home window treatments is innovative motorized operating systems. The modern systems utilize advancements in motorization and engineering to optimize home window treatments to be more functionally precise without taking away from or compromising the visual aesthetics. Motorized blinds are one popular style of motorized window treatment whose features and benefits are enhanced by the smooth movement and easy control of motorized operating systems.

Benefits of Motorized Blinds

Wondering how motorized blinds might enhance your home? Read on to learn about the benefits of motorized blinds and how they can make a household more energy efficient with less effort and enhanced safety features.

• Precise Movement for Heightened Efficiency: Get maximum performance from your blinds by motorizing them. Motorized blinds move precisely and promptly, increasing the benefits that homeowners experience, like light control and energy efficiency.
• Easy, Convenient Use: Motorized blinds are easy to use because they can be controlled with a fingertip. With the press of a button (or in some cases via voice command), motorized blinds can be opened or shut, and even hard-to-reach or difficult to maneuver treatments are made easy and convenient to use.
• Child-Safe Treatments: Motorizing the operation of blinds can help create more child-friendly window treatments because the motorization negates the use of hanging cords traditionally used in manual operating systems. Motorized blinds that are cord-free are also free of the strangulation hazard that those loose cords pose to young children and small pets. So by upgrading to motorized blinds, homeowners create safer indoor environments for all household members.

PowerView® Automation

PowerView® is a state-of-the-art automated operating system for motorized window treatments. The innovative design ensures easy and precise movement for motorized blinds, and its ability to blend into your household routine is seamless. PowerView® has a user-friendly interface that includes a handheld remote, wall-mounted control panel, online app, or integration into a home assistant or smart home system. PowerView® can be controlled with an easy touch of a button or voice command, or PowerView® shades can be automated on a schedule synchronized to household routines or solar movements throughout the day.

PowerView® Compatible Blinds

The PowerView® system is compatible with a wide range of Hunter Douglas window coverings, including soft shades and hard window treatments like blinds and shutters. When seeking motorized blinds, four types by Hunter Douglas can be upgraded with PowerView® Automation:

• EverWood® Alternative Wood Blinds Parkland® Wood Blinds
• Modern Precious Metals® Aluminum Blinds
• Skyline® Gliding Window Panels

Other styles of vertical blinds, including Somner® Custom Vertical Blinds and Vertical Solutions® Vertical Blinds, are available with the Vertical Motorized System by Hunter Douglas with remote or wall-mounted interfaces.

Learn more about upgrading to new motorized blinds by contacting Barrows Custom Window Treatments. Their talented design team plus a vast inventory of Hunter Douglas blinds makes Barrows Custom Window Treatments near Newton, Massachusetts, the go-to shop for all motorized blinds. Barrows Custom Window Treatments serves the greater Boston area, including Cambridge, Wellesley, Weston, Brookline, Westwood, and Newton, MA. Request a consultation today.