What’s your 30/30?

Prior to February 17th, the window and door industry was working to meet Department of Energy preliminary guidelines for Energy Star qualification of their products.

Since then, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has window companies across the country looking at their “30/30”—a U-value of 0.30 or less and a Solar Heat Gain Coefficient of 0.30 or less.

The good news? INTIGRAL can help you on your way to meeting both these criteria. We carry high performance glass products and warm edge spacers that can improve your overall window performance.

According to Mark Hutchinson, INTIGRAL’s Technical & Sales Support Manager, the ARRA caught everyone within the industry by surprise.

“Fortunately most companies were close enough in either U factor or SHGC that with a few modifications, their existing systems were able to work. The issue was getting these changes through formal simulation and NFRC approval. Most organizations are now reaping the sales benefits of the Stimulus Plan.”

We continue to work closely with our customers to help them understand options for meeting the ARRA criteria. For those that were able to provide their drawing files, we performed preliminary simulations to prove out options before they were formally submitted. There are also new glass products becoming available and changes in thermal performance of spacer systems that were not being accounted for in design by either engineers or simulators.

INTIGRAL continues to help partner with our customers to sort out the Energy Star requirements for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 criteria through presentations and engineering support.

For more information, contact Mark or your INTIGRAL representative.