Sustainability
Built to Last
On a hot afternoon, the difference between a room you avoid and a room you actually live in is shade. The retractable awnings, drop screens and patio shade we build stop the sun before it ever reaches your walls and windows, so your home stays cooler, your air conditioning works less, and the days a heat wave would have cost you become days you enjoy.
That is how we think about sustainability at Canvas USA®. The most responsible thing a cover, cushion or awning can do is last, and do real work while it lasts. When shade takes the load off cooling a home, and when a well-built piece stays in service for years instead of ending up in a landfill, that is sustainability you feel on your patio and see in what it takes to keep your home comfortable.
Shade That Cools Your Home
Heat gets into a home through sun-struck windows and walls. Exterior shade stops it at the source. Our retractable awnings, drop screens and patio shade are built to take the direct sun off your house, cool the rooms behind them, and ease the load on your air conditioning when the grid is working hardest. It is comfort you feel first, and energy you save without thinking about it.
Built to Last
A cover that gives up after two seasons is not a bargain, it is the same cover made three times. We choose marine-grade fabrics and finish every seam to survive the sun, salt and weather that wear lesser products out. The longer a piece stays on your boat, your patio or your dock, the less that ever has to be remade. Longevity is the most honest form of sustainability we know, and it is the first thing we build for.
The Best Materials in the Business
We do not settle on materials, and we do not cut corners on the parts you cannot see. We work with the best mills and makers in the industry to put the strongest fabrics, threads, hardware and finishes into everything we build, because a product is only as durable as its weakest part. When the inputs are the best made, what we hand you holds up, and holding up is the whole point.
The Right Product for What You Need
The least sustainable purchase is the wrong one, the thing that gets returned, replaced, or left in a corner because it never fit the job. So we put real effort into matching you to the right product the first time: the right fabric for your climate, the right shade for your space, the right cover for your boat. Get it right once and it serves you for years. That is better for you, and it means less made, less bought, and less thrown away.