Armaclad's Green Initiatives
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Declared by Popular Science Magazine as one of the top 100 inventions of the 20th century, Heat Mirror insulated glass units provide unmatched year-round comfort and energy savings.
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To see how this innovative technology has been recognized in the news for its outstanding contributions to the environment, click here.
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Envirosealed Windows
Armaclad is proud to feature the DuraSealTM warm-edge spacer system in all of our dual pane insulated glass units, making our EnvirosealedTM Windows both energy efficient and eco-friendly.
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Homeowners lose a good part of their heating and cooling costs due to window inefficiencies. Our Envirosealed Windows with the DuraSeal warm-edge spacers efficiently insulate your home, greatly reducing energy consumption; saving you up to hundreds of dollars a year in energy costs when compared to other spacers. Plus, as a green window system (Why Green?), less harmful gases such as CO2 are produced. In fact, if every home in America had the most efficient warm edge spacers, we could save the environment over 56 million tons of CO2 per year. Here are some more facts about our Envirosealed Windows:
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- Envirosealed windows reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1600 pounds per home per year.
- Envirosealed windows can save you up to $205 a year in energy costs when compared to other spacers.
- It would take 9 million trees to absorb the CO2 produced in one year by inefficient windows.
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For more information visit envirosealedwindows.com.
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High Performance Glass
Regardless of where your home is located, choosing windows that provide you with the highest level of comfort and energy savings year-round is extremely important. And choosing the right glass for your windows is the most important factor in the decision.? LoE glass reflects heat back into a room in winter and rejects the sun's heat and damaging solar rays in summer, increasing comfort, decreasing energy costs, protecting against fading of interior furnishings, and reducing condensation. Armaclad offers two coating options for your home's ultimate comfort and energy savings:
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Cardinal's LoE3 366, the ultimate performance glass, just might make all other low-e glass obsolete. LoE3 366 delivers the ideal balance of solar control and high visibility. And it provides the highest levels of year-round comfort and energy savings, making it the perfect glass no matter where you live. The secret? An unprecedented 3 layers of silver. For your next windows, go beyond ordinary low-e glass.
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Hot or cold outside, who says you can't do anything about the weather? Cardinal LoE2 272 glass delivers year-round comfort, whether it's 20 below or 110 in the shade. In winter, LoE2 272 reflects heat back into the room. In summer, it rejects the sun's heat and damaging UV rays. Not only is it the clearest, highest performing glass you can buy, there's no haze or bluish tint.
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For more information on LoE3 366 and LoE2 272, go here. For more information on Cardinal, visit cardinalcorp.com.
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Neat
The dawn of a new era in easier-to-clean glass.
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Neat is a naturally clean glass from Cardinal, giving you one more step up in eco-friendly products. Neat glass harnesses the power of the sun's UV rays to loosen dirt so water can rinse it away, leaving windows virtually spotless. No activation is required, and windows stay cleaner longer and clean easier; meaning not having to use as many harmful chemicals on your windows. It's the newest way under the sun to give your windows another advantage.
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Therma-Tru Green Initiatives
Homeowners want more than a beautiful entryway - they want energy efficiency. That's exactly what Therma-Tru entry and patio door systems offer, in any region or climate zone. Here are just some of the features that help our doors earn their ENERGY STAR? rating:
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- A polyurethane foam core. Offering up to five times the insulation value of a wood door and ozone-friendly CFC-free, it's a key element of every Therma-Tru door system.
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- Energy-efficient glass. All of the decorative glass in our doors, sidelites and transoms is sealed between two panes of tempered glass. This important design feature contributes to the excellent thermal properties necessary to qualify for Energy Star.
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- Complete systems. Therma-Tru doors are designed as complete systems with components that work together. This ensures a very tight seal and provides additional energy savings.
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- Many of the wood products used in Therma-Tru door frame components come from managed forests. Therma-Tru partners with wood suppliers who meet sustainable forestry certification standards.
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- Therma-Tru's proprietary AccuGrainTM Technology on Classic-Craft? styles captures the fine detail of genuine, high-end wood doors without harvesting endangered wood species like Honduran Mahogany.
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- Therma-Tru uses recycled products like wood chips, diapers and plastic bottles for the composite materials used in the top and bottom of our doors.
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- All Therma-Tru facilities take special measures to ensure that associates and processes recycle waste products. Working with several waste management organizations, Therma-Tru recycles such products as paper, plastic, cardboard, steel, propane canisters, wood, cut-outs and scrap doors.
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- Therma-Tru recycled nearly 23% of the waste stream at their Indiana and Oklahoma facilities in 2006 and increased those results to 30% in 2007.
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- Therma-Tru donates excess inventory to charitable organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, HomeAid and The Storehouse by WorldVision.
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For even more ways that Therma-Tru is committed to environmental responsibility, go to www.thermatru.com/company/environmental-responsibility.
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Let Therma-Tru bring ENERGY STAR? savings to you.
Since our founding in 1962, Therma-Tru? has enjoyed a distinguished reputation for bringing homeowners doors and entryways that are beautiful, durable and energy efficient. To find out how our ENERGY STAR rated entry and patio door systems can bring higher efficiency and lower energy bill to your home, please visit thermatru.com/products/energy-efficiency.
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Commercial Fiberglass Windows
Fiberglass is made from silica sand, a plentiful, non-polluting resource with low environmental impact. Strong and durable fiberglass composite window frames are virtually maintenance free over their long lifetimes, vastly reducing the need for repair or replacement.
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