05 · Smart Window Treatments
Shades that open with the sunrise, and close before the room overheats.
Hunter Douglas PowerView is the gold-standard motorization platform: lithium battery or hardwired, near-silent, scheduled or voice-controlled.
Why Motorize
Four reasons it stops being a luxury.
Motorization used to be a high-end add-on. With current battery life and pricing, it's the default for tall windows, kitchen sinks, blackout bedrooms, and anywhere with sun-driven glare.
Tall & Out-of-Reach Windows
Skylights, transoms, and 12-foot sliding-door walls. Motorization is often the only way to use them.
Energy Savings
Schedule shades to close at peak sun on hot days, open at sunset to let cool air work. Real impact on bills.
Bedroom Routines
Wake to a slow open at 6:45 AM. Bedtime: every shade in the house closes at the tap of a goodnight scene.
Child & Pet Safety
No exposed cords. No chains. The cleanest, safest version of every shade we carry.
Hunter Douglas PowerView
The platform that runs the whole house.
PowerView is what we install on roughly nine out of ten motorized projects. The free PowerView app handles scheduling, scenes, and integrations with Alexa, Google, Apple Home, and major control systems like Control4, Crestron, and Savant.
- Battery, hardwired, or solar charging options
- Near-silent operation (whisper-quiet at night)
- Schedule by time of day, sun position, or astronomical clock
- Voice control with Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple Home
- Pebble remotes for a clean, no-app option
Duolite & Top-Down/Bottom-Up
Two layers, two jobs, one shade.
Duolite combines a sheer/light-filtering layer with a blackout layer in a single mounted system, the cleanest answer for a bedroom that needs both. Top-Down/Bottom-Up shades open from either direction so you can keep the bottom of a window covered for privacy while letting morning light come over the top.
Both pair beautifully with PowerView, and both come standard with the Hunter Douglas Lifetime Guarantee.
PowerView in your home
See it run before you commit.
We'll bring a working PowerView demo to your in-home consultation so you can hear how quiet it is and see how the app actually works.