Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major contributor to global
warming
CO2 is at its highest measured level (Antarctic ice cores) in
480,000 years
CO2 levels are expected to more than double by the end of the
century
The 11 hottest years on record have occurred since 1990
The rate of temperature increase is expected to triple by
2100
Residential windows account for 10 to 25 percent of home
heating and cooling energy costs
Approximately 2 lbs of CO2 are created for every kilowatt hour
of energy produced from coal or natural gas
What we can do to prevent environmental degradation?
Each 0.01 U-Value improvement in your windows can save up to
400 lbs of CO2 per home/per year
Each reduction of 0.1 SHGC can save up to 200 lbs of CO2 per
home/per year
Windows that last 20 years can save up to 16 tons of CO2
production in an average home
It takes three full-grown trees one year to absorb one ton of
CO2 (one typical home)
The best warm edge spacer – Heatseal™–can improve total
U-Values by up to 0.04 and save almost 1,600 lbs of CO2 production
in energy costs per year in an average home
If every home in America had Heatseal™ warm edge spacers, we
could save the environment over 58 million tons of CO2
pollution
OKNA Windows spacers insulate the edge of the glass better than
solid foam or metal spacers. Better insulating spacers improve the
temperature of the glass, and warmer glass makes you feel more
comfortable while using less energy and producing less carbon
dioxide pollution.
Also, our spacers improve the total U-Value for your windows,
which reduces heat loss and saves money on energy bills.
Heatseal™ spacers can save the environment from 1,200 to 1,600
lbs of CO2 per year for a typical home.
