DOORS , WINDOWS & FITTINGS
It is well understood today that a holistic optimisation of the complete building fabric is more beneficial in terms of energy and environmental savings than a component-bycomponent approach .
to be acceptable to simply place a high performance window into a thermally inefficient reveal . Not only will this window not perform as expected , but it ’ s also simply not cost effective .
Whilst WERs are basically a tool for the public to be aware of energy performance of various products , we can see that in the future window replacement will be coupled together with building structure thermal improvements , this will likely be seen in new building regulations that will stop the simple replacement of windows in an existing structure . Far from restricting sales of windows and doors for home improvement companies , there is huge potential for these companies to rise to the needs of the country to help improve all our building stock to meet our commitment to being carbon neutral by 2050 .
Further information about systems and specification support is available through the company ’ s website at www . aluprof . co . uk or direct from their UK head office in Altrincham by phoning + 44 ( 0 ) 161 941 4005 .
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