Welcome

The European Solar-Shading Organization (ES-SO) is an umbrella body representing the European solar shading  and roller shutter industry. Its objectives are to provide a permanent point of contact between its members and the European authorities, and to demonstrate that solar shading can make a substantial contribution to energy savings.

Under the terms of the Kyoto treaty, the European Union has committed its members to reduce total energy consumption by 8% compared to 1990 levels by 2012. The European Union has issued a directive to the building industry to help meet these targets by reducing energy consumption and thus CO2 emissions. Buildings are the EU's largest energy users, consuming over 40% of Europe's total primary energy. One way of cutting this consumption is through proper solar shading. ES-SO aims to ensure that this objective can be achieved by making the industry's potential contribution towards energy savings more widely known to the major players in this area.

ES-SO enjoys the support of many major players in the industry. This website has been made possible by the special contributions of Somfy, Hunter Douglas, Dickson-Constant, Velux, De Leeuw Ltd and CRH.