Homeowners' energy efficiency is one of the top priorities today, which is why buyers are willing to spend more for properties with new windows. Energy-efficient windows allow you to regulate regulate indoor temperature by insulating the interior of your home from the outdoor temperature. A strong seal will reduce the need to run heating and cooling systems, significantly minimizing your monthly energy bills and literally letting the window installation to pay for itself in the long run.

What Are Energy-Efficient Windows?

Every homeowner in Alliance, OH should take an interest in optimizing their energy efficiency. The perks include enhancing your property value, lowering your monthly energy consumption, reducing stress and wear on your HVAC system, and bettering your family’s comfortability. With a window installation company like us in Alliance, OH, you’ll also be get to make your home more beautiful with the many styles of energy-efficient windows we offer.

Some basic criteria make a window energy efficient: the sort of window (single-hung, double-hung, etc.), the material it’s built from, and the glass panes. It’s also necessary to have a qualified window installation company handle putting them into your home, as a tight fit is needed to make a proper seal. Our company in Alliance, OH gives you the ability to customize your windows with various types of glass panes for the energy efficiency of your home:

• Double-pane glass provides twice the insulation of usual single-pane windows. Double-pane windows create a gap between the glass panes that boosts energy efficiency.
• Triple-pane glass takes insulation a step further than double-page windows. With two pockets of air, heat transfer is minimized exponentially between the exterior and interior of your home. With triple-pane glass windows, you’ll see substantial differences throughout the year.
• The pockets of air between double-pane or triple-pane windows can be pumped with argon or krypton gas. The density of these gasses reduces heat transfer better than just air.
• Low-E glass coatings are a great addition for enhancing the energy efficiency of your windows and gaining the most value from your project. Glass with Low-E coating blocks harmful ultraviolet rays and the sun’s heat, maintaining your interior spaces cooler without depending so much on your HVAC system. It's also effective the other way around depending on how the coating is applied, keeping the heat inside your home from seeping out to keep the interior warmer.
• Warm-edge spacers on energy-saving windows are used in place of metal around the glass. Metal loses heat too much to be energy efficient.
• Double-strength glass has a thickness of 3.2 mm compared to the standard 2.5 mm. Thicker glass is not much more expensive and provides improved insulation and strength.

Window Materials And Designs

The materials most commonly used to build modern windows include:

• Wood
• Vinyl
• Aluminum
• Fiberglass

Vinyl has become very popular over the years to capture nearly an equal share of the market as traditional wood windows. Our window specialists in Alliance, OH encourages homeowners to install new windows made with vinyl because they are superior to wood and aluminum in energy efficiency and a much better value overall.

Vinyl windows have extra resilience and a comparable lifespan to wood at 15-20 years or longer. Unlike wood, vinyl will not warp, contract, or decay as much from the outdoor elements. The durability and low maintenance of vinyl boosts its energy efficiency. While vinyl will not last as long as aluminum (30+ years), aluminum loses heat easily and has less energy efficiency. Only fiberglass will perform better than vinyl windows, but not by enough to account for its inflated price tag (typically 30%+ more expensive).

An additional factor to think about is the style of the windows. Our team in Alliance, OH has a wide inventory of window styles to choose from, including:

• Awning
• Single Hung
• Double Hung
• Picture/Shape
• Bow/Bay
• Slider
• Casement

Varying styles will provide distinct aesthetics to your home. Each works differently to suit your needs and will offer varying amounts of energy efficiency. For example, casement windows crank open like a door, providing the most ventilation and airflow to cool a room more rapidly than single-hung models.