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Reading the Information Below may cause a wise investment!
Though windows provide beautiful views and wonderful natural light,
they can also account for up to 30 percent of the annual energy
consumed in a home. Education and knowing what to look for in an
energy efficient window are the best means to make an intelligent
purchase. Anlin Window Systems is pleased to provide homeowners
with the necessary information to make the right choice for their
investment.
First, know your climate zone and what a window needs to achieve to be energy efficient.
For example: CALIFORNIA has a moderate to hot climate zone year round. Therefore, keeping
the sun's solar heat from entering your home will be the biggest factor in the efficiency of a window.
There are many tests as well as categories to measure the performance of heat transfer through a window.
However, there are only two tests that specifically measure the amount of heat and solar radiation
(sun's heat) entering through a window.
»The term for the first test is:
SOLAR HEAT GAIN COEFFICIENT (SHGC).
Measures the amount of radiant heat transfer from the sun through a window.
The lower the number means the less amount of solar heat transfer through the window (lower is better).
Example: typical vinyl window SHGC = .35 to .40 (Anlin Window Systems SHGC = .27, this equates to a 48% thermal improvement).
»The term for the for the second test is:
TOTAL UNIT FACTOR (U-Factor).
Measures the amount conduction, radiation and convective heat transfer through a window.
The lower the number means a better insulated window (lower is better). Example: typical vinyl window U-Factor = .35 to .40
(Anlin Window Systems U-Factor = .28, this equates to a 43% thermal improvement).
ANLIN WINDOW SYSTEMS has the lowest (most efficient) SHGC and U-FACTOR numbers in the business!
CAUTION: Many window companies, including "national brands" will focus on other attributes other than SHGC and
U-Factors because their products were designed and produced out of state (in another climate zone), which means the window can
be significantly less efficient. Other window companies will use their new construction windows (windows that are price driven
and lack benefits and features to meet the price point of their customers) as their replacement windows. This also can
cause a window to be less efficient. Homeowners need the correct information in what to look for and what questions to ask
before making that window investment. Anlin Window Systems can help!
Anlin Window Systems has remained dedicated to the California vinyl replacement window market. We have listened to
homeowners for over a decade and incorporated those benefits and features they require in a window to create the benchmark
for all other replacement windows. Those benefits and features include: superior thermal performance, ease of operation,
easy to maintain, enhanced appearance, improved comfort, economical and the best warranty in the business.
Anlin Window Systems has strategically built our state of the art manufacturing facility in Central California to
better serve all of California. With a fleet of service representatives in Northern and Southern California every day
of the week, you can rest assured we will be there to service your needs.
Anlin Window Systems is confident that once you have the facts, there will be only one choice for your investment:
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