Environmental impact of double-glazed windows
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Environmental impact of double-glazed windows
06 October 2023
Among various sustainable construction components, double-glazed windows represent an eco-friendly solution for buildings.
Editorial Team
The installation of double-glazed windows represents an eco-friendly solutions to respond to the energy efficiency and climate targets. In particular, this solutions has several ecological benefits, such as:
- energy efficiency improvement and carbon footprint reduction: double-glazed windows indeed reduce heat transfer, meaning that heating and cooling are less used and thus carbon emission is lowered.
- improved insulation and comfort: double-glazed windows maintain consistent indoor temperatures, thus comfort.
- noise abatement
- condensation control creating healthier indoor environments
- extended lifespan and waste reduction
- uPVC recycling when disposing windows
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Energy efficiency technologies and solutions
Indoor Environmental Quality