Article: Commercial, residential tinting offers energy savings

Mike Malicott was tired of burning up each day when the sun lowered in the western sky, so the owner of Merle's Frame and Alignment in south Oklahoma City decided to try a commercial window film on the west side of his shop.

"When the sun starts coming in, the temperature in here comes up about 20 degrees," Malicott said. "We're hoping this will help with that."

Clayton Noon, window film installer with SmartView Window Solutions, installed a film on two windows and a door in a matter of minutes Monday, significantly cutting the glare in Malicott's showroom and hopefully starting him on a track to save money on his electric bill.

Commercial window tinting has been around for years, but ...

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