Double Glazing On The Web

This year’s G09 awards will be held on Friday 1st October at the prestigious Wembley Stadium; home of English football and one of the greatest sporting venues in the World. 

G09 is the latest in the G Awards which are now in their 6th consecutive year. The Awards recognise individual and corporate achievements in raising and improving the standards, performance and products of the industry as a whole; glazing, fenestration and relevant construction.

Recognised as the ‘Oscars’ of the glass and glazing business, the G09 Awards will combine with a 3 day G exhibition and the annual conference of the Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF), creating what organizers hope will be the most comprehensive industry event to date.

The G Awards include the following 12 Categories
Fabricator of the Year
Installer of the Year
Glass Company of the Year
Conservatory Installer of the Year
Training and Development Award
Customer Care Award
Health and Safety Award -
Energy Efficiency Initiative Award
Promotional Campaign Award
Glass Project of the Year
Social Housing Project of the Year
Specialist of the Year

PVC is low in its use of resources. Its production costs are moderate and it has low maintenance requirements. The PVC Aware campaign has been launched, primarily targeting the public sector, to promote the environmental benefits of PVC when used for window frames etc…

Surprising as this might be to some people, PVC does have genuine green credentials, being 100% recyclable. A quote from the  campaign website reads: “PVC, especially when used in such products as window and door frames, may be continuously recycled in a closed loop with the recycled material being used again and again in new window frames and other building products.”

PVC Aware campaign is also being supported by the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) who congratulated the organizers on providing customers with the necessary facts to make an informed choice, rather than relying on often media generated ill-formed opinion.

PVC window frames received an A+ rating in the BRE Green Guide www.thegreenguide.org.uk

Landlords now have to provide an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) or face a repeatable fine of £200 .

If you have a property you are thinking of upgrading ready to let, make sure all improvements, for example new doors, windows, conservatories etc… are energy efficient and installed by a FENSA registered installer.

A national campaign backed by Grand Designs Magazine, The Energy Saving Trust, The UK Green Building Council and The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has been launched by TV property expert Kevin McCloud.
The campaign aims to encourage Britons to make their properties more energy efficient by promoting the benefits of measures such as fitting double glazing or loft insulation.

Campaigners hope to call on the public to petition the government to do more to help finance green refurbishments. TV presenter Mr McCloud insists that much more needs to be done to reduce carbon emissions from the residential sector if the target of 80% is ever to be achieved.

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 Joergen Jensen, regular columnist for Director of Finance Online, has spoken out about the government’s latest vehicle scrappage scheme by saying:

 “The money should rather be used to encourage people to insulate their houses better and replace single glazing windows with double glazing windows. That doesn’t destroy value, but creates lasting value and at the same time reduces the CO2 emission and cuts future heating bills.”

Personally I don’t think the industry could have a better endorsement. Proof that as a product, double glazing is environmentally friendly and an economically viable investment.