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SUPERFRAME | Idea
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In order to achieve a significant improvement in the heat insulation of windows, the insulated glass units of our design should be fitted in window frames of generally similar thermal transmission parameters. As frames constitute one of the main routes of heat loss in insulated glazing due to the traditional window design, the problem of finding the right window frame still seems unresolved.
The unsatisfactory thermal insulation parameters of window frames are due, among other reasons, to heat leakage bridges, which, in turn, result from the thermally flawed design of door and window joinery and the incorrect fitting of window frames in reveals. Further progress in the technology of extremely heat insulated glass units would make no sense if the weakest link in the shell of a building (particularly a passive one) were not eliminated, and at the present stage of development of energy saving technologies, sash frames, window frames and insulated glass unit edges represent this weakest link. (more…)
