Category: Windows
#EcoRenovate Reveal: Two Bathrooms Undergo A Green Makeover
Handmade tiles and nontoxic paint marry to give the main and guest bathrooms inside a 1960s penthouse a green makeover, pulling color cues from the surrounding Chicago scenery.
Read MoreRestorative Environmental Design for Mental and Physical Wellbeing
Restorative Environmental Design combines sustainable practices with beautiful and biophilic design strategies to benefit your mental and physical wellbeing.
Read MoreWhat Makes A Truly Energy Efficient Window?
Proper framing, installation, glazing, and styling come together – extending the lifetime of your windows, saving energy, and reducing your carbon footprint
Read MoreBird Populations Are Crashing: Here’s What You Can Do Today
Birds flying into windows and becoming disoriented by light pollution contribute to massive bird deaths worldwide. Problems that you can help solve at home.
Read More7 Green Building Trends Home Buyers Are Helping To Set
“Eco-friendly” is getting a chic makeover. From innovation in materials to major curb appeal to biophilia and bringing the outdoors in, these sustainable trends are leading the charge when home buyers are hunting for their next home.
Read MoreWindow Films for Beauty and Energy Efficiency
Window film is a simple and quick way to give your windows a fun fresh look while increasing your home’s energy efficiency. They work by reflecting and reducing the amount of ultraviolet light and solar heat that streams in through glass windows.
Read MoreAlpen High Performance Windows
Alpen High Performance Products is an American window and door manufacturer that designs and builds some of the most energy efficient window and door products in North America and the world.
Read MoreWindows 102 – What Makes a Window Energy-Efficient
Today we’ll learn about the energy efficiency of windows. A window’s energy efficiency is dependent upon all of its components—the window frame, the glazing and the coatings. We’ll talk specifically about each of those components, including the different materials for the frames, double and triple glazed windows and low-E windows.
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