Councils install Double Glazing
The benefits of double glazing are being drummed home by government into our local councils. Hundreds of thousands of pounds have already been spent upgrading windows and doors in council houses and in some cases councils are even being threatened with reduced budgets if their housing standards do not comply with government expectations.
Carbon emissions have now become priority to our UK government and the buck literally will be stopping in some cases. Wasteful Councils should prepare to be named and shamed under the new Carbon Trading Scheme. Among the plans to reduce emissions is double glazing; the insulation properties of double glazing can reduce energy use enormously. New windows and doors also provide better security for occupants, and reduce noise pollution.
Our government and local councils are striving to make a difference and double glazing is helping in that fight! Reduced energy consumption indoors due to improved insulation from your windows and doors is helping to conserve the environment. Keep up the good work folks!
Tags: doors, double glazing, Government, local councils, windows
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Problem is councils still use poor quality PVCu to save money, they may scrape a C rating at best, but the structural quality and security properties of the products won’t be the best.
March 29th, 2010 at 11:47 am
As a company that has spent over 30 years suppying windows and doors to Swindon Borough Council, I can say that we have to manufacture our windows and doors to very exacting standards, and generaly manufacture to standards much higher for social housing than most private owners would fit in their own houses. Our windows are A rated and are secured with multi-point locking systems.