Total Glass makes sustainable window solutions easier

Published by Kathy Wilkinson for Total Glass in Housing and also in Communities

Total Glass has enhanced its energy-efficient range of products with a sustainable newbuild window system, which has exceptionally high recycled content and is designed to make site product installation simpler.

The new eco-based system combines advanced performance energy-efficient window technology with a cavity closer made from 98% post-consumer waste PVC-U. Its cill system has 92% recycled content co-extruded with a virgin skin to deliver excellent weather performance.

Providing a template for window apertures, the cavity closer allows for quick and accurate frame positioning with built-in sealing for better thermal efficiency. It also optimises time on site as windows can be fitted faster from the inside without the need for scaffolding or ladders, thus minimising health and safety risks and enabling other trades to start work sooner.

Total Group Managing Director Frank Deary says the system delivers significant benefits on several fronts; by not only improving environmental performance and site efficiency, but in closing the loop on the recycling process. “Re-using waste PVC-U from factory off-cuts and end-of-life windows and doors in new sustainable products that deliver better performance is the way forward for our industry and the planet.

“Sustainability has long been at the heart of our environmental policy and this new ‘green’ cavity closer system is just one of many initiatives aimed at lowering the environmental impact of our operations, products and services,” he adds.

For more information, contact Total Glass on 0151 549 2339 or visit the website: www.totalglass.com.