Glass Options

First of all, regarding security and noise reduction, you can choose among various laminated glasses, tempered glasses or glasses which combine both technologies (as for example car glasses). Moreover, you can choose between different glazing thicknesses among single, double or triple glazing panels, with thicknesses varying from 5mm up to 80 mm. The thicker the glass panel, the better noise and thermal insulation, as well as security you can get.

I addition, a special argon gas (non-toxic) can be infilled in double & triple glazing panels for enhanced thermal insulation. Note that a window system, according to its design, can take specific glass thicknesses. Thermally insulated aluminium systems, beside their enhanced thermal insulation due to special thermal break polyamides, can take most of the times thicker glass panels.

Finally, thanks to the advanced technology of glasses with special liquid crystals (PDLC - Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal), the glass panels’ transparency can be adjusted according to your privacy or lighting needs.

Due to lower costs, single-pane windows are great for garages, tool-sheds, and other non-heated outbuildings. Also, when single-pane windows get broken, they are less expensive to repair as you only need one pane of glass. If energy efficiency is a concern, dual- or triple-pane glass options are a wiser choice.

Energy efficient double glazing, also known as low-emissivity glazing, is structured like conventional double-glazing, but has special glasses offering higher thermal insulation thanks to the insulation gas which is filled in between the two glass panes.
Specifically, it is composed of two glass panes which are joined together usually through an aluminium spacer or a warm-edge spacer (profile) and sealed around with a special glue. The first glass pane is a clear float glass, whilst the second one is specially processed by applying a low-emissivity layer (low-E Glass), which ensures high reflection of the sun’s infrared radiation and diminishes in that way infrared radiation transmittance in interior spaces. In addition, as mentioned above, the space between the two glass panes is filled with argon gas for enhanced thermal insulation.
So, through energy efficient double-glazing, lower thermal loses from the interior to the exterior environment of your house are possible. Moreover, the undesired heat during summer is reduced due to reduction of the intense sun radiation, thus ensuring better climatic conditions.