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Before considering replacement double/triple glazed windows, do check that there are no restrictions due to age, location or special covenants concerning the windows on your property.
Between 20%-25% of the heat escaping from an average sized home is escaping through its windows.
Efficient window glazing reduces expensive air condition and heating bills and increases comfort and wellbeing.
Reasons for choosing the Best Energy Efficient Windows
Fitting the energy saving windows, will
make our homes warmer, quieter and more secure
Money saving in the long run
Reduce heating bills
Reduce airconditioning expenses
Help to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO²) emissions
Reduce our impact on global warming.
This video is about window ratings.
Video source YouTube Energy Efficient Windows
Double Glazing or Triple Glazing?
The best energy efficient windows giving the greatest energy savings are triple glazed. You will save more on your heating bills and improve your sound insulation but triple glazed windows are typically 20-40% more expensive than double glazed to buy.
How Double Glazing Works.
With double and triple glazing, air or an inert gas is trapped between two or three panes of glass that are kept the correct distance apart by a spacer.
This creates an insulating barrier that reduces heat loss, noise and condensation.
By installing low-emissivity glass (Low-E) the sun's heat and light is allowed to pass through the glass into the building, but blocks heat from leaving the rooms.
Windows are available in a wide variety of styles and types to suit every property
They are usually sold with a long guarantee and are virtually maintenance free.
In order to enhance the efficiency of your windows even further, you may wish to buy energy saving curtains and/or blinds.
Choosing the energy efficient windows in Great Britain.
Labels detailing the energy proficiency performance of the whole window in the UK
The British Fenestration Rating Council also known as BFRC (www.bfrc.org) is the UK’s national system for rating the energy efficiency of windows.
It uses a label detailing the energy proficiency performance of the whole window.
The windows are rated from A-E depending on how well the product will conserve heat in winter, keep out wind, resist condensation and improve sound insulation.
The most energy efficient windows are rated in the A-C band.
These windows also carry the Energy Saving Recommended logo issued by the Energy Saving Trust.
Choosing the energy efficient windows in the USA.
In the USA a tax credit is given for installing for new energy efficient windows. For further information contact
The Internal Revenue Service site:
www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=206871,00.html
The Alliance to Save Energy site: www.ase.org/content/article/detail/2654
The ENERGY STAR site:
www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=products.pr_tax_credits
We hope that all this information will help you to make more informed choices about the windows you are looking to purchase. You can be assured that the savings you make on heating bills will, in time, pay for the installation of your new windows.
