Windows
“I just love windows, the way they open up homes. I’m an outdoors person; when I’m indoors, I like to see outside.”
– SEAN PHILLIPS, REGIONAL MANAGER, ALL WEATHER WINDOWS
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for products that are Energy Star certified, the international symbol for energy efficiency introduced to Canada in 2001 to help consumers identify products that save energy, reduce costs and help protect the environment. “You can achieve a greater insulating value by upgrading a window’s glazing system. Regular low-E, or low-emissivity, coatings reduce the transmission of long-wave heat energy, essentially reflecting heat back into the home. It also allows passive solar heat-gain — great in the winter, not so great in the summer,” he says. “The SunStop low-E option has coatings that reduce passive solar heat gain. You can’t take advantage of heat from the sun in the winter as much, but you do keep more
With 28 years’ experience in the industry, Phillips appreciates the many benefits they bring to people’s lives. “I just love windows, the way they open up homes,” he says. “I’m an outdoors person; when I’m indoors, I like to see outside.” All Weather Windows has been in the window and door manufacturing industry for more than 40 years, prioritizing comfort, lowering costs and reducing environmental impact. Since 1978, the company has expanded services throughout Western Canada with two commercial offices and almost 800 dealers across the country as well as a manufacturing facility in Edmonton. Energy efficiency is paramount in its products, designed and built for harsh Canadian weather. Phillips recommends looking
of the summer heat outside. The technology in the low-E coating has been really fine-tuned to be what consumers are looking for.” At All Weather Windows, they’re always paying attention to what’s coming up in the future, he adds. “At some point, there will be wires in windows for things like solar panels in window-sealed units. This will essentially turn a vertical-surface window into a clearer version of roof solar panels,” he says. “Another technology that is in its early stages right now is the ability to switch window glazing between clear and obscure at the flick of a switch.” On the more practical side, heavier duty weather strips in operating window frames are essential to ensuring top window performance.
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