Selecting a window treatment fabric

A method of selecting a recommended fabric for a window treatment to be installed in a building, the method comprising:

• determining, by at least one processor, predicted performance metrics for each fabric of a plurality of fabrics when used with the window treatment to control daylight in a plurality of environments;
• selecting, by the at least one processor, the predicted performance metrics for the plurality of fabrics that correspond to environmental characteristics associated with at least one of the building or a location in the building in which the recommended fabric is to be installed;
• ranking, by the at least one processor, the plurality of fabrics based upon the selected predicted performance metrics that correspond to the environmental characteristics associated with the at least one of the building or the location in the building, wherein the plurality of fabrics are ranked according to glare scores that indicate a predicted amount of glare resulting in the building from use of respective ones of the plurality of fabrics in the window treatment, wherein a glare score for each fabric of the plurality of fabrics is computed between a predefined high-level threshold and a predefined low-level threshold for the plurality of fabrics, wherein the glare score for each fabric is based on a value of at least one predicted performance metric for the fabric relative to values of the at least one predicted performance metric for the plurality of fabrics;
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• displaying, based on the ranking of the plurality of fabrics, at least one of the plurality of fabrics as the recommended fabric for being installed in the building and a visual representation of a glare score corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of fabrics on a visual display of a network device.

A motorized window treatment system for controlling an amount of light entering a space in a building, the system comprising:

• a motorized window treatment comprising a drive unit configured to adjust a covering material to control the amount of light entering the space;
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• a network device comprising a processor and a display, the network device configured to:
• determine, via the processor, predicted performance metrics for each fabric of a plurality of fabrics when used with the motorized window treatment to control daylight in a plurality of environments;
• select, via the processor, the predicted performance metrics for the plurality of fabrics that correspond to environmental characteristics associated with at least one of the building or a location in the building in which a recommended fabric is to be installed;
• rank, via the processor, the plurality of fabrics based upon the selected predicted performance metrics that correspond to the environmental characteristics associated with the at least one of the building or the location in the building, wherein the plurality of fabrics are ranked according to glare scores that indicate a predicted amount of glare resulting from use of respective ones of the plurality of fabrics in the motorized window treatment, wherein a glare score for each fabric of the plurality of fabrics is computed between a predefined high-level threshold and a predefined low-level threshold for the plurality of fabrics, wherein the glare score for each fabric is based on a value of at least one predicted performance metric for the fabric relative to values of the at least one predicted performance metric for the plurality of fabrics;
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• display, via the display, at least one fabric of the plurality of fabrics as the recommended fabric for being installed in the building and a visual representation of a glare score corresponding to the at least one fabric, wherein the at least one fabric is displayed based on the ranking of the plurality of fabrics.