All Sashless Windows products are manufactured from quality timber obtained from sustainable sources.
Timber is a renewable resource - a natural material. It is a good insulator, helping to achieve improved thermal performance in buildings, so contributing to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Timber windows use only one eighth of the energy used in the manufacture of PVC windows.
Scandinavian Pine used in window production is sourced from carefully managed forests in Sweden and Finland. Planting exceeds felling.
In April 2005 the WWF published a report highlighting the environmental benefits of Timber windows. Its conclusion was that Wood windows are better for the environment than PVC windows (1).
43% of the raw material used to produce PVC is oil, a non-renewable resource.
Disposal of old timber windows generates less hazardous waste than PVC windows, which are not bio degradable and whose incineration releases hazardous chemicals to the atmosphere.
(1) “Window Of Opportunity: The Environmental and economic benefits of specifying timber window frames”.
