Elevate Your Apartment Complex with Outdoor Sun Shades
Elevate your apartment complex’s amenities and stand out from your competitors using Apollo Sunguard’s spectacular outdoor sun shades over your parking lots, picnic spots, pool areas and amenities.
Potential residents will not be able to resist the idea of enjoying the outdoors beneath Apollo Sunguard’s functional and attractive outdoor sun shades. Our sun sails provide lower temperatures, offer protection from the dangers of the sun and are easily maintained. Here is a look at the science behind the construction of Apollo Sunguard’s outdoor sun shades and what they can do for your apartment complex.
Experience Shade Similar to A Tree Canopy with Outdoor Sun Shades
Apollo Sunguard’s outdoor sun shades are designed to mimic tree canopies, nature’s best shade makers.
Constructed using a high-density polyethylene material, Apollo Sunguard’s shade structures act like the natural canopy of trees. The material allows air to flow through, similar to how the air can flow through branches and leaves. The air circulation underneath helps keep temperatures up to 20 degrees cooler. Your apartment residents will feel a difference on their skin, much like they had just walked from the direct sun into the shade by a tree.
Because Apollo Sunguard’s outdoor sun shades create cooler temperatures, your residents will enjoy being poolside longer, grilling and enjoying time with family in your picnic areas, taking their dogs to the dog run, joining a quick pickleball court game, and any of the other outside activities that your apartment complex offers.
Adding outdoor sun shades in your parking lot also helps vehicles stay cooler your residents are home. Apollo Sunguard offers several sun sail options for shaded parking – such as the cantilever, the shade wave or something custom – to help keep your residents’ vehicles cooler.
Your residents will love the fact that they have shaded parking while they are home.
Shade parking reduces extreme heat inside vehicles, which means less risk of cracked or dry leather and fabric upholstery; brittle or degraded rubber components; battery issues from the stress of heat and more.
With outdoor sun shades and cooler temperatures for your outside amenities, your apartment complex is sure to attract more residents, and those already living there will truly appreciate the break from the hot sun.
Outdoor Sun Shades Block Harmful UV Rays
Apollo Sunguard’s outdoor sun shades are scientifically proven to block up to 96 percent of the sun’s harmful UV rays, which means added protection for your apartment complex’s residents and outdoor furnishings from the sun’s harsh effects.
Apollo Sunguard’s sun sails are constructed using imported fabric from some of the best cloth manufacturers in the world. The shade cloth is created using high density polyethylene material that contains ultraviolet additives. Tested by International Testing Laboratories, an independent US laboratory, many of the outdoor sun shade colors meet a minimum of 93% UV Block as recommended by sun safety organizations and advocates, and some block up to 96% of UV rays.
Adding a sun shade canopy can protect your residents from harm. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, the leading cause of skin cancer is exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Both Ultraviolet A and Ultraviolet B can be dangerous to people’s skin, as Ultraviolet A causes tanning and skin aging and Ultraviolet B is most often the cause of a sunburn. Unprotected exposure to both types of UV rays damages DNA in skin cells, producing genetic defects or mutations that cause both skin cancer and premature aging. Apollo Sunguard’s outdoor sun shades provide an opportunity for residents living in your apartment complex to enjoy the outdoors while lessening the risk of UV rays exposure.
You also can protect your outdoor furniture from fading with Apollo Sunguard’s shade solutions, too. According to the Florida Solar Energy Center by the University of Central Florida, “Ultraviolet radiation (UV) is the single largest contributing factor in fading of fabrics, carpets and other furnishings. Although visible light, electric lighting, heating, humidity, age of fabrics and fabric dyes all play a part in the process, UV radiation is attributed to 40% of the damage. Protecting against UV is not just important in hot, sunny climates. Even in cold, cloudy climates, UV radiation can damage furnishings.”
Slowing the fading of your outdoor furniture means less replacement costs over time. This means you’ll be saving money on the long-term operational costs of your apartment complex.
Protect both your residents and your outside furniture from UV rays using Apollo Sunguard’s outdoor sun shades.
Outdoor Sun Shades are Easy to Maintain
Apollo Sunguard has placed specific attention on the long-term maintenance of its outdoor sun shades so that apartment complex facility and operation managers can have peace of mind that Apollo Sunguard’s shade solutions are a good investment.
Apollo Sunguard’s patented Quick Release System™ offers apartment maintenance staff the simplest and most practical release system for the shade canopy that the industry has to offer. With just a wrench, your team can remove shade canopies simply and efficiently. This is good for storm-prone areas of the United States where the canopies need to be removed quickly.
Our shade structures’ release system is built to last with the incorporation of maintenance-free, stainless steel hardware and hidden cables reinforced inside the hems. There is no internal tensioning mechanism that can jam. We also offer simple and accessible replacement parts, should the need arise.
Our shade sails are constructed to also last – with the incorporation of non-aging stitching thread that can withstand direct sunlight for the life of the shade. The fabric is mildew and mold resistant, making it able to withstand weather over time.
Outdoor Sun Shades are Backed by a Warranty
Apollo Sunguard’s outdoor sun shades are backed by an industry leading warranty to ensure the life of the shade structures and shade cloth.
Apollo Sunguard provides a 20-year non-prorated warranty on the steal frame and a 15-year non-prorated warranty on the fabric. The frame is protected against corrosion, deterioration and faulty workmanship, and the fabric is protected against rot, mold, mildew, cracking, faulty workmanship, fading, and seam thread failure. This is so that your apartment complex management can rest easy knowing they made a solid investment.
Contact Apollo Sunguard today and speak to one of our outdoor sun shades experts today. We focus on providing you a turnkey experience, not just during sales and installation, but for the life of our shades. We can be reached at 1-800-319-1010 or at [email protected].
