Lutron Element Fabric
12 colourways, blackout, up to 112 inches wide. Every swatch and every specification, from a certified Lutron dealer in Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach.
A stone-coloured blackout, with a grey-backed Facade version
Element is a 100% polyester blackout with an acrylic backing in eight mineral colours (Chalk, Gypsum, Moonstone, Fossil, Flint, Mineral, Slate, Obsidian), 112 inches wide, PVC-free, lead free, GREENGUARD and Oeko-Tex certified, seamable and railroadable. Lutron publishes a GreenGuard Gold document and a Health Product Declaration for it, and it is listed to NFPA 701 and CAN/ULC-S109.
Element Facade repeats four of the colours (Chalk, Graphite, Slate, Obsidian) with a grey back instead of white, for buildings that want a uniform grey appearance from the street.
What Element does on your glass, and what it does not
Best use
The building decides this one, not the room. Element has a white back in eight mineral colourways, while Element Facade repeats only four of them, Chalk, Slate, Graphite and Obsidian, with a grey back for towers that want a uniform street side. So a grey-back rule narrows the room-side palette to those four. At 12.09 oz and 0.0185 inches it is dense but thin, and rolls smaller than its weight suggests.
Privacy
Both versions read 0% transmission, so the room is closed either way. The grey back is not a privacy feature, though it is sometimes sold as one: it changes how the tower reads from the street and nothing else. What still applies is the roller shade itself, which leaves daylight at both jambs unless it runs in side channels or is mounted outside the opening.
Glare control
With 0% transmission there is no glare and no view. The published figures are 71% solar reflectance and 29% absorptance in both versions, so the grey-backed Facade behaves no differently at the glass from the white-backed Element. Daytime glare is a job for the layer in front of it. The blackout is what you close when the room has to go properly dark.
Limitations
The published NRC is 0.05, so the mass is doing nothing measurable about traffic noise or a flight path. Element Facade also drops the Oeko-Tex certification the white-backed version carries, which matters if a schedule calls for it. Cleaning is a damp cloth and vacuuming, with no spot cleaning, and 112 inches is the single-shade limit; Encore runs wider.
Element
8 colours. Up to 112 in wide; pvc-free; fire listed.
Colourways
Element Facade
4 colours. Up to 112 in wide; pvc-free; fire listed.
Colourways
Every Element colourway, with Lutron's published figures
| Swatch | Colour | Code | Openness | Tv | Ts | Rs | As | Back | Width | Sample no. | Docs | Visualize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk | RF-LMNT-CH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | White/Off-White | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNT-CH | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Gypsum | RF-LMNT-GY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | White/Off-White | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNT-GY | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Moonstone | RF-LMNT-MN | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | White/Off-White | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNT-MN | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Flint | RF-LMNT-FL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | White/Off-White | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNT-FL | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Fossil | RF-LMNT-FO | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | White/Off-White | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNT-FO | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Mineral | RF-LMNT-ML | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | White/Off-White | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNT-ML | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Slate | RF-LMNT-SL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | White/Off-White | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNT-SL | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Obsidian | RF-LMNT-OB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | White/Off-White | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNT-OB | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Chalk Facade | RF-LMNTF-C | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | Grey | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNTF-C | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Slate Facade | RF-LMNTF-S | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | Grey | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNTF-S | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Graphite Facade | RF-LMNTF-G | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | Grey | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNTF-G | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it | |
| Obsidian Facade | RF-LMNTF-O | 0% | 0% | 0% | 71% | 29% | Grey | 112 in | WSF-RF-LMNTF-O | HPD · GreenGuard Gold | See it |
Tv = visible light transmitted, Ts = solar energy transmitted, Rs = solar energy reflected, As = solar energy absorbed, as published by Lutron. Sample numbers are Lutron memo-sample codes; we bring the samples to the consultation.
Where Element works here
Element is a blackout for the dark, stone-floored interiors that are common in Miami's newer towers: Slate or Flint on the front, and the Facade version wherever the building's rules or the glass tint call for a grey back. Its published HPD makes it an easy fabric to put on a materials schedule.
Element: frequently asked
What is the difference between Element and Element Facade?
Only the back. Element has a white back; Element Facade has a grey back in four of the colours, so the shade reads grey from outside on a tower with tinted glass or a grey facade.
How wide can a Lutron Element shade be?
Lutron publishes a maximum usable fabric width of 112 inches for Element. It is railroadable, so a wider opening can be covered in one piece by turning the fabric. We confirm the exact limit for the chosen system when we measure.
Which Lutron shades use Element?
Element is made up on Lutron roller shades. As a certified Lutron dealer in Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach we order it for any Lutron system it is offered on and install it with our own team.
Is Element PVC-free?
Yes. Lutron lists every Element colourway as PVC-free, with Lead Free, GREENGUARD Certified, Oeko-Tex Certified, RoHS Compliant certifications.
Can I see Element samples before ordering?
Yes. Lutron makes memo samples of every Element colourway on this page; tell us which colours you are considering and we order them from Lutron for your consultation. Both our Fort Lauderdale workroom (by appointment) and our Miami Beach showroom have Lutron shades running so you can see the fabrics in motion.
Compare Element with
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Premiere
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Standard
The basic PVC-coated blackout, for rollers and tensioned shades
Lutron Element shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
We order Element from Lutron for any project from Miami to Palm Beach, make the shades up in our Fort Lauderdale workroom on the Lutron system the window calls for, and install and program them with our own team. Both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have Lutron shades running so you can see the fabric in motion.
See Element in your own light
Book a complimentary in-home consultation. Shortlist the colours you like and we order the Lutron samples, bring demo motors, and give honest answers about openness, colour and what your windows actually need.