Window Replacements
Transform your home with stunning windows that enhance both style and functionality. Experience the perfect blend of natural light and energy efficiency, creating welcoming atmosphere in every room. Upgrade your space with windows tailored to fit. Let your home shine!
Argon Insulation
Not all windows are the same. An improvement that can be made to the thermal performance of insulating glazing units in any window is to reduce the conductance of the air space between the layers. Originally, the space was sealed containing surrounding air or flushed with dry nitrogen just prior to sealing. In a sealed insulating glass unit, air currents between the two panes of glazing carry heat to the top of the unit and settle into cold pools at the bottom. Filling the space with a less conductive, more viscous, or slow-moving gas minimizes the convection currents within the space, conduction through the gas is reduced, and the overall transfer of heat between the inside and outside is reduced. We use argon gas fills, for measurable improvement in thermal performance. Argon is inexpensive, nontoxic, non-reactive, clear, and odorless. The optimal spacing for an argon-filled unit is the same as for air, about 9/16 inch (11-13 mm).
Thermally Broken Aluminum
Not all aluminum windows are the same. Our engineered design features a high-density, catalyzed 2-part polyurethane seam that bonds together and completely segregates the inside metal from the outside metal. The result is a permanent thermal barrier that effectively fights energy transfer (conductance) inside to outside and outside to inside. This design is typically specified in large commercial structures such as high-rise buildings where strength, durability, and thermal performance are of critical importance. DYC manufactures only completely thermally broken windows, as our entire components – sash, head, jambs and sills – feature the urethane barrier in direct alignment. The benefits of thermally broken aluminum windows include warmer winters, cooler summers, and a more comfortable living environment. To demonstrate the effect of our design, this unedited photograph was taken at room temperature after several minutes with the thermally broken DYC sill extrusion sitting directly upon dry ice.
What is NFRC?
Rating System
NFRC has established a voluntary national energy performance rating and labeling system for fenestration products.
The NFRC label rates:
U-factor, or how well a window keeps heat inside a building.
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SHGC - Solar heat gain, or a window's ability to block warming caused by sunlight.
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VT - Visible light transmittance, or how much light gets through a product.
NFRC is working on ratings for optical properties, condensation resistance, long-term energy performance and seasonal heating and cooling ratings. When a manufacturer decides to certify and label its products, it is committing itself to provide accurate, fair and reliable energy-related performance information. This helps consumers, architects, builders -- and the fenestration industry itself.
