Double Glazing Can Help You Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

By Zara Zambini


Installing double glazed windows in your home or office can be a great way to reduce your carbon footprint. A Carbon footprint is calculated by working out how many tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are produced by the activities of a person or company. Installing double glazing can be a great way to cut down on these carbon emissions.

A quick way to work out how much carbon dioxide you use is to g to a website which is dedicated for this purpose. It asks you details such as how many car journeys you make each year and how many holidays you take. Examples of these things are what make up your primary carbon usage. This also takes into account how energy efficient your home is. For example, how much energy it loses just by your daily activities, through the windows and the roof etc.

As well as this, it works out the secondary carbon footprint, which consists of the impact of the products used on the environment. This means whether you buy local produce or buy mostly expensive things which need to be shipped in. Both of these things together constitute the entire carbon usage.

Double glazing is a great way to cut down the size of your carbon footprint. It works by keeping a thin layer of air trapped between the spaces of the two glass panes. This lets warm air in from the sunshine, but does not let it out. The same way that the greenhouse effect works on our planet.

This immediately has an direct impact on how much energy you lose through your windows. This means, of course, that you are using less energy to keep your house warm and so you see a reduction in your energy bills. Your carbon footprint will decrease by roughly 740kg per year, for an average sized house.

Double glazing is indeed a quick and energy efficient way to transform your property from one which leaks heats through the windows into one which conserves heat. And if we all do this, we all help to save the planet too.




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