High Performance Windows

Modern high performance windows mean you no longer have to compromise your lifestyle.

You can still enjoy large windows and doors offering great views and indoor /outdoor living at its very best while benefiting from energy savings, reduced condensation a year round healthier home.

The problem is that windows are often “thermal holes” accounting for up to 50% of a homes heat or air-conditioning energy loss via the windows. A  combination of Technoform thermal break material and special low e double glazed aluminium windows that optionally can be argon filled result in very efficient high performance windows. This can overcome the problem where windows are traditionally the weakest point for retaining energy within a home.

Today glass has come a long way and a special low e coating on the glass can deflect harmful UV radiation while at the same time helping to insulate your home. In cold climates we welcome the suns heat and light most of the time. Once we capture this heat we don’t want to give it up. In a warm climate however, we don’t want the heat, but we do want the light. Advances in modern high performance and double glazing of windows let us have it both ways.

In cold climates condensation typically develops around the windows edge. In double glazing if the glass panes are separated by an aluminium spacer the highly conductive aluminium encourages the formation of condensation around the windows edge. The answer is to insist on Technoforms “warm edge spacer” a superior product made from stainless steel and a high technology plastic that acts as the perfect thermal barrier as well as separating the two panes of glass. This helps eliminate  unhealthy and unsightly condensation around the edges of your glass preventing the build up of mould.

So despite the fact that windows are normally a “thermal hole” in the envelope making up your home by using today’s high performance thermally broken aluminium windows you can enjoy the best of all worlds,  a warm thermally efficient home enjoying ventilation and  great view via large picture windows. In short these high performance windows are the future of aluminium windows.