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MechoShade Systems, Inc.For four decades, the firm has been the premier designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art manual, motorized, and automated window-shading systems and shadecloths. MechoShade Systems’ commitment to eco-friendly and energy-saving products and systems has been sanctioned by a number of respected organizations.

MBDC with Cradle to CradleCM CertificationSM

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Interior Design magazine with Best of Year Merit awardMechoShadeSystems.com

® automated-shade system incorporating an EcoVeil shadecloth is installed in USGBC’s new LEED®

the cover of this brochure.) Likewise, architects and designers have made the systems and shadecloths by this innovative firm the products-of-choice in numerous buildings certified by the USGBC’s LEED® rating system.

MechoShadeSystems.com/leed

Classic Mecho®/5 manual system

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Interior Design

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New Suburban®/3 manual system

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Room-darkening and A/V applications

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Pockets and accessories

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Motorized shade systems

areas

shades and SkyLighters®

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® spline and optional SnapLoc® fascia for easy removal and maintenance of shadcloth bands

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WhisperShade™ I-Con® two-way network

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New WhisperShade™ IQ™ system

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Classic ElectroShade® system

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RS-232

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Controls and integration• The results of extensive research and development from a company with the longest history of creating control systems, which integrate with other manufacturers’ A/V, lighting, and building-automation systems• State-of-the-art design, software, and RF technology• The industry’s most advanced controls capabilities • Formal integration partnerships with Crestron®, AMX®, Control4®, and others. • Integration capability with Lutron® Electronics, Leviton® Manufacturing Co., Lightolier® Controls, and others☛ MechoShadeSystems.com/electroniccontrolsystems

IQ/MLC® and IQ/SMC®—low-voltge control systems

• Shade controls to operate four motors (IQ/MLC®) or one motor (IQ/SMC®) for cost-effective roller-shade systems• Open architecture, which controls most standard tubular motors• Low-voltage, dry-contact control for the multi-level operation of master, group, and individual motors• Full up, 25%, 50%, 75%, and full down or user-defined positions• Accessories for numerous user-interface and control possibilities• Local, group, and master control levels☛ MechoShadeSystems.com/electroniccontrolsystems

IQ/485®—two-way communication

• Integration with A/V, lighting, and building-automation systems via RS-232 and Internet protocols• RS-485 bus-network solutions, integration, and automation• Control of WhisperShade® IQ™ motors and WhisperTrac® motorized-drapery system• Control of standard motors with the IQ/MLC®

• Two-way, 485-based communication with the IQ/SMC®

• Accessories include RF receivers and transmitters, photo-sensors, a seven-day timer, key switches, and infrared receivers• Manual switches addressable to any shade device on the network via software☛ MechoShadeSystems.com/electroniccontrolsystems

Wireless solutions

• RTS control, direct-to-motor with a wireless radio-frequency controller• MechoRF™ and wireless ZigBee® PRO-based spectrum mesh technology, which was integrated first in North America with window-covering and drapery systems by MechoShade Systems in partnership with Control4®, the whole-home automation manufacturer ☛ MechoShadeSystems.com/electroniccontrolsystems

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IAC/InterActiveCorp, New York City, architecture: Gehry Partners, photo: Seong Kwon

The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, White Plains, N.Y., Cappelli Enterprises, Inc.

CityCenter, Las Vegas, architecture: Foster, Gensler, Jahn, KPF, Libeskind, Pelli, Rockwell, and Viñoly

IQ/485®

Network Interface

Switches

IQ™ motors

Shadecloth

Power connector

Position 3:43/ down

Radiometers

Shadecloth

Position 1: down

Position 2:1/2 down

Full up

Full Down

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Radiometers

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12:00 p.m.

Radiometers

Shadecloth

Photosensor(optional)

Automation®, the prerequisite to daylighting

automation solutions

Bateson State Office Building to the present headquarters LEED®

U.S. Green Building Council in Washington, D.C.

®, a building-management system for automated shading, and SunDialer®, an economical award-winning solar controller

MechoShadeSystems.com/automation

SolarTrac®—The ultimate WindowManagement® system

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SunDialer®—The economical WindowManagement® system

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The shadecloth collection

tested, award winning

types of glazing

and weaves

characteristics for most shadecloths® for

EcoVeil®.® certification for

most fabrications

dimout, film, and other specialty materials

contemporary, designer, and eco-friendly shadecloths

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G = Designer Shadecloths—

G = ThermoVeil® Reversible Satin/Diamond Weave Shadecloths

G = EuroVeil® and EuroTwill®

Reversible Shadecloths®

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G = ThermoVeil® Jacquard Shadecloths

G = ThermoVeil® Vertical Weave Shadecloths

Blackout and Film

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G = ThermoVeil® Basket Weave Shadecloths

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EcoVeil Series Shadecloth—100% recyclable, FR, and PVC-free

Braungart’s book Cradle to

Cradle: Remaking the Way We

Make ThingsSM,

an eco-effective shadecloth, which can be reclaimed and recycled

certified product of its kind®

the first complete window-treatment to become Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM silver

MechoShadeSystems.com/ecoveil

Heater systemconverter

Yarn-twistingprocess

Spool cone yarn

Pellets

Heater system

TPO filament

core yarnfor strength

Extruder

TPO

coating

Cut-off fabric waste

Cut-off fabric

waste

TPO powder

TPO powder

± 20years

One of Environmental Building

News

PVC-Free

Recyclable

FRSustainable

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® Silver awards for the EcoVeil® Naturals

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Specialty shades

where unusual shade geometries are mandated

design paradigms

modated to offer protection from direct solar gain and intense glare

MechoShadeSystems.com/specialtyshade

L10005.0809

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Monumental shades

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DualShades®

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Bottom-up shades

Sloped shades

SkyLighter® shades

Fixed shades

PanelTrac™

WhisperTrac® motorize drapery system

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