All tagged high performance design
What makes a great urban space? Vitality, activity, scenery, history, car prohibited areas, architecture… It's somewhere you want to be because you don't feel too insignificant in your surrounds. You want to linger there, exploring cozy nooks and taking in the sights, smells and sounds.
When it comes to window joinery you might think the only big decision to be made is around somehow matching the colour to both your cladding AND your interior walls. WRONG.
Other frame types such as uPVC and timber typically outperform aluminium thermally, while there are also many options in glazing - clear or tinted, low-e, and gas infill - which all alter the thermal performance of the windows.
Lets have a look at some of the options available and the pros and cons of each.
What if we could do more with the same resource, or perhaps even less? Could we get a more comfortable, quieter, healthier high performance building with the same amount of electricity? Simply put the answer is yes.
