“Recycled Aluminium” Sounds More Precise Than It Often Is Sustainability language around aluminium has become increasingly prominent in architectural specification. Terms such as recycled aluminium, recyclable aluminium, low-carbon aluminium and circular aluminium can appear alongside one another in product literature, creating the impression that they describe broadly the same environmental benefit. They do not necessarily […]
Tag Archives: Sustainable Glazing
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Forty Years Is a Design Question, Not a Warranty Claim Architects routinely design homes expected to remain useful for many decades. Yet glazing decisions can become dominated by what happens at the beginning of that life: how the system looks, whether it meets the current performance requirements, what it costs and how successfully it delivers […]
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Before Asking Where an Old Window Goes, Ask Why It Is Coming Out When discussing the environmental impact of replacement windows, the conversation often begins too late. We ask whether the glass can be recycled, what happens to the aluminium or timber frames, and whether the old units will avoid landfill. These are worthwhile questions, […]
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Embodied Carbon Starts Before the Window Reaches the Building The embodied carbon of glazing does not begin when a window or door arrives on site. By that point, materials have already been extracted and processed, glass has been manufactured, frames and components have been produced, and the complete system has been assembled and transported. Each […]