Windows
Windows provide a number of essential features in any structure.
They provide natural light, which reduces need for electrical
light, they admit solar energy, which reduces the need for heating,
and they alow for ventilation. However, a window can create a
significant amount of energy loss through air leakage and heat
loss or heat gain.
The
Environmental Building News publication GreenSpec recommends a
number of measures: Control heat loss and heat gain by using multiple
panes, gas fills, glazing products. They also recommend reducing
the impacts of window assemblies by choosing products with high
durability and high recycled material content .
The
guide to Resource Efficient Building Elements states that “Current
technology combines insulative frames, multiple glazings, gas
filling, thermal break spacers and window coating to dramatically
improve the thermal performance of windows.” (Page 55.)
Anderson
Corporation
Manufacture
Renewal™ replacement windows are made with recycled PVC
plastic and sawdust composite which are both scraps from Anderson
Windows own manufacturing scrap.
Local
sales contact: Claude Diiani
Comfort
Line Inc.
Comfort
Line® windows and doors are glased with Low-E glass with
argon gas fill made from fiberglass with an interior oak veneer.
5500
Enterprise Blvd.
Toledo, OH 43612
(800) 522-4999
LOF
Energy Advantage
Pilkington
LOF produces Energy Advantage, which is a hard coat low-e glass
in a double-pane unit.
811
Madison Ave.
P.O. Box 799
Toledo, OH 43697-0799
(800) 526-6557
Owens
Corning Fiberglass Co.
Window
line called Fibron® made with a fiberglass-frame and filled
with fiberglass insulation. Windows are double-pane with low-E
coating and gas fill.
One
Fiberglass Tower
Toledo, OH 43659
(613) 736-1215
Wenco
Windows of Ohio
Eliminator-PF
is a double hung window with a wood fiber and resin composit
frame and UltraGlass® insulated glass.
P.O.
Box 1248
Industrial
Park
Mt. Vernon, OH 43050-8248
(800) 458-9128
Skylights
Tubular skylights or light pipes allow daylight to be drawn into
a space from the roof through spaces such as attic. No local sources.
HUVCO,
Proactive energy solutions
HUVCO
tubular skylights come in thee diameter sizes: 8", 12",
and 24".
3416
Priceless Distillery Rd.
Liamsville, MD 21754
(800) 832-6116
Solutube
International, Inc.
The
largest manufacturer in the world, they offer three diameters:
10", 14", and 16".
5825
Avenida Encinas, Suite 101
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(888) 476-5288
Doors
When choosing doors, many of the same criteria can be helpful
as with windows. When choosing wood, look for certified wood doors,
used doors and ones that have good energy performance.
A.E.
Sampson & Son Inc.
Manufactures
certified wooden doors with chain-of-custody, including hardwoods
like maple and birch.
P.O.
Box 1010
Warren, ME 04864
(800) 769-6196
Therma-Tru
Corporation
Fiber-Classic®
is a fiberglass entry door system with polyurethane insulating
core. They also make insulated steel doors.
P.O. Box 8780
Maumee, OH 43537
(800) 843-7628
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