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A Rated Windows Become a Reality
When the British Fenestration Ratings Council announced it was launching an energy ratings scheme for windows at Glassex in 2004, it was warmly welcomed by an industry which had long fought for independent assessment of the thermal performance of windows in PVC-U, timber and aluminium.
The scheme has been approved as a route to compliance under Part L of the Building Regulations since April 2006 and, as part of the GGF, it now benefits from increased marketing resources including, for example, a newly launched website with specific trade, consumer and media areas.
Backed by the Energy Saving Trust, the BFRC scheme is one of the most important differentiators used by window fabricators and installers to promote the energy saving potential of their windows. A window rated ‘C’ or above qualifies for endorsement with the Energy Saving Trust’s Energy Saving Recommended logo, but an increasing number of commercial and domestic clients and specifiers are now recognising the potential of choosing ‘B’ or even ‘A’ rated options. As REHAU stated in its first press newsletter, a window rated ‘A’ under the BFRC scheme is actually a net contributor to the energy demand of the building, contributing more energy through solar gain than is lost via thermal transmission.
There has been a huge surge in recent months in fabricators seeking and achieving ‘A’ ratings in windows in PVC-U. REHAU, which has always backed the scheme, is supporting its customers as they submit their windows for testing, and details of all the REHAU customers who have already had windows successfully assessed are now listed on the dealer finder section of the new BFRC website.
The scheme has been approved as a route to compliance under Part L of the Building Regulations since April 2006 and, as part of the GGF, it now benefits from increased marketing resources including, for example, a newly launched website with specific trade, consumer and media areas.
Backed by the Energy Saving Trust, the BFRC scheme is one of the most important differentiators used by window fabricators and installers to promote the energy saving potential of their windows. A window rated ‘C’ or above qualifies for endorsement with the Energy Saving Trust’s Energy Saving Recommended logo, but an increasing number of commercial and domestic clients and specifiers are now recognising the potential of choosing ‘B’ or even ‘A’ rated options. As REHAU stated in its first press newsletter, a window rated ‘A’ under the BFRC scheme is actually a net contributor to the energy demand of the building, contributing more energy through solar gain than is lost via thermal transmission.
There has been a huge surge in recent months in fabricators seeking and achieving ‘A’ ratings in windows in PVC-U. REHAU, which has always backed the scheme, is supporting its customers as they submit their windows for testing, and details of all the REHAU customers who have already had windows successfully assessed are now listed on the dealer finder section of the new BFRC website.
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