Thermal Performance

At Lifestyle Windows and Conservatories creating a conservatory that is a genuine usable room for our customers in all year round, this can be achieved by the right glazing, ventilation, insulation. When we have been talking to potential customers in the we have found that most conservatories are designed without enough thought towards making them a usable room all year round. All our conservatories have been installed with adequate ventilation; we try and incorporate large ventilation in the conservatory side frames as well as top ventilation which seems to be the most popular type of conservatory ventilation. These large opening vents allow almost three times the conservatory ventilation as a top opening vent with negligible difference in the price of the conservatory. In conservatory roof vents don’t seem to be used as much as they should be, conservatory roof ventilation is an effective way of allowing heat to escape from the conservatory. For people choosing the right glazing for the conservatory roof and the conservatory side walls can make a massive difference in both keeping out the sun in summer and keeping the heat inside the room in winter to make it as usable as possible.

After the hottest July on record this summer, the air conditioning industry is enjoying an upturn that continued hype in the media about global warming may help it sustain. Meanwhile, the most environmentally sound solution for conservatories to keep cool during the summer months and reducing energy consumption during the winter may actually lie within advances in the conservatory glazing sector.

After taking the conservatory market by storm with its blue-tinted Celsius Glass for conservatory roofs, K2 Glass has extended its range to offer Celsius Clear in these regions, a colourless thermal performance conservatory glass. Designed specifically for use in conservatory glazing panels, the innovative glass will ensure a temperate environment all year round, regardless of the weather outside, another edge to Lifestyle’s range of conservatory products.

Explains Sharon Owen, Sales Manager from K2 Glass: "Celsius Glass has been extraordinarily successful, with the glass range having consistently exceeded its sales targets since the company first started marketing the product in 2003 and turnover has doubled year on year throughout the past 4 years, as year and more and more end users realizing the temperature control, energy efficiency and aesthetic benefits of thermal performance glass. We were finding that an increasing number of enquiries were coming through for Celsius to be used throughout a conservatory, but the blue tint could make some installations too dark. With Celsius Clear, we can provide the appearance of normal glass while offering the temperature control and thermal efficiency benefits of advanced glass technology."

Sharon continues: "While many have enjoyed the hot spell over the summer, it has fuelled the debate about global warming and many homeowners are looking for the most environmentally sound means of modifying their home to cope with future fluctuations in weather patterns and reduce its carbon footprint. Celsius Clear gives homeowners the perfect combination of being able to enjoy the sunshine during a heat wave, safe in the knowledge that their energy consumption will be lower thanks to better thermal retention in the winter and a reduced need for artificial ventilation in the summer."

Offering 58% more solar reflection than standard glass with a 50% improvement in thermal efficiency, Celsius Clear helps to keep the room cooler during warm weather and to reduce energy consumption and heating bills during the winter.

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