Double Glazing– Going Green

Making your home energy efficient is vital to helping the environment – make a difference with double glazing.

More and more people are understanding the importance of going green at home, and are taking small steps like switching the lights off when they leave a room, having showers instead of baths, and only boiling as much water as you need in a kettle. But one big change you can make is to install double glazing. Homes can cut heat loss in half by replacing old windows. This is how it works.

Energy Efficient
With global warming taking such a prominent position in the media, now is the time to make changes in your home to make it as energy efficient as possible. You might not think that making a few adjustments to your house can make a big difference, but if everyone took energy saving steps then it would. One of the most effective and long-lasting of these steps is to install double glazing – homeowners can reduce heat loss in any size room by half with new windows. And even if you can’t afford to replace every window in the house, you can still make a huge difference in the rooms that cost you the most to heat.

How it Works
Double glazing is so energy efficient because it traps air between two panes to create an insulating barrier that reduces heat loss. Rather than old style windows with one pane of glass, double glazing keeps out draughts as well as noise and condensation.

Energy Savings
If you’re interested in saving pennies as well as the Earth, you will be interested to know that you can save around £110 a year on your heating bills with double glazing. On the environmental front, new windows can save each household about 720kg of carbon dioxide a year, and if all the homes in the UK that needed double glazing Britain would save the equivalent of 770,000 households’ CO2 emissions. This is clearly a huge reduction from such a simple product as double glazing. Homeowners who want to be eco warriors instead of credit crunch worriers would benefit from the services of a reputable double glazing company – but always look for the Energy Saving Recommended logo when choosing your new windows to be sure of maximum energy-saving efficiency.