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Commercial projects

Explore the real-world applications of PowerMove® and SmoothMove® shade systems and the results they produce. Our products are customized to meet the individual needs of our customers.

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Lake Bluff Elementary School — full case study

K–12 Education · Lake Bluff, IL

Lake Bluff Elementary School

211 shades solving two problems at once — spring-operated blackout shades as a classroom security tool, and clutch-operated solar shades preserving the rural views.

Shades
211
System
SmoothMove® SM3 — Spring Operated · SmoothMove® Manual
ARCO/Murray HQ — full case study

Corporate · Downers Grove, IL

ARCO/Murray HQ

A new headquarters exposed from all directions with no solar blockage from surrounding buildings — needing glare control, privacy, and the view preserved.

Shades
131
System
SmoothMove® Manual
Baker College Prep — full case study

K–12 Education · Chicago, IL

Baker College Prep

122 shades replacing fragile PVC vertical blinds and mini blinds that kept breaking during class time at a Noble Network charter campus.

Shades
122
System
SmoothMove® Manual
Inland Real Estate — full case study

Corporate · Oak Brook, IL

Inland Real Estate

South-facing windows on two floors of a national headquarters transmitting glare severe enough to make monitor work uncomfortable throughout the day.

Shades
69
System
SmoothMove® Manual
Better Boys Foundation — full case study

Civic · Chicago, IL

Better Boys Foundation

62 shades for a North Lawndale youth services facility where window-lined corridors were trapping heat and driving up cooling costs.

Shades
62
System
SmoothMove® Manual
Regus South Loop Business Center — full case study

Corporate · Chicago, IL

Regus South Loop Business Center

27 shades finishing a newly renovated flexible-workspace centre, balancing UV protection for tenant furniture against the Roosevelt Collection view.

Shades
27
System
SmoothMove® Manual
Fettes, Love & Sieben — full case study

Corporate · Chicago, IL

Fettes, Love & Sieben

25 shades using KOOLBLACK® technology to give a contractor's office dark-fabric glare control without the heat gain dark fabrics normally bring.

Shades
25
System
SmoothMove® Manual
Gary Comer College Prep — full case study

K–12 Education · Chicago, IL

Gary Comer College Prep

24 motorized blackout shades integrated with a school's data network, so staff can trigger classroom privacy from any connected device.

Shades
24
System
PowerMove® Motorized
B. Coleman Aviation — full case study

Aviation · Gary, IN

B. Coleman Aviation

A private-aviation FBO in the middle of an airfield, where dual shades manage both FAA-mandated crew rest and executive conference-room presentations.

Shades
22
System
SmoothMove® Manual
Joseph and Sarah Levy Senior Center — full case study

Civic · Bolingbrook, IL

Joseph and Sarah Levy Senior Center

Fifteen windows in a senior centre's Visitor's Center, where existing vertical blinds were failing and could not be operated by the elderly clients they served.

Shades
15
System
PowerMove® Motorized
CinéBistro at the Liberty Center — full case study

Hospitality · Liberty Township, OH

CinéBistro at the Liberty Center

Ten floor-to-ceiling south-facing windows, each 9' × 30', delivering unacceptable glare into a restaurant and bar — with opening night six days away.

Shades
10
System
PowerMove® Motorized
Muhammad University — full case study

Worship

Muhammad University

Nine motorized blackout shades, each 6' × 22', controlling both solar glare and privacy in an auditorium used for assemblies and sacred ceremonies.

Shades
9
System
PowerMove® Motorized
Walsh Construction HQ — full case study

Corporate · Chicago, IL

Walsh Construction HQ

Motorized shades for a West Loop headquarters with 19-foot lobby windows and a gymnasium — including custom fascia painted to match the corporate green.

Shades
7
System
PowerMove® Motorized
Community Christian Church — Yellow Box — full case study

Worship · Naperville, IL

Community Christian Church — Yellow Box

Six motorized blackout shades for irregular east-facing windows up to 106" × 190" in a new 1,100-seat auditorium, operable in unison from the AV desk.

Shades
6
System
PowerMove® Motorized
Year
2014
HBK Engineering — full case study

Corporate · Chicago, IL

HBK Engineering

A South Loop engineering office combining private offices with an open plan and high daylight levels, needing glare and heat control without losing the view.

System
SmoothMove® Manual · PowerMove® Motorized
Kennedy Elementary School — full case study

K–12 Education · Schiller Park, IL

Kennedy Elementary School

An addition and renovation project needing glare and heat control without giving up daylighting or the students' connection to the outdoors.

System
SmoothMove® SM1 — Clutch Operated
The Terry Group — full case study

Corporate · Chicago, IL

The Terry Group

A 28th-floor southeast exposure at One Prudential Plaza with little protection from intense solar energy through the daytime hours.

System
SmoothMove® SM1 — Clutch Operated