Environment
Our resource
Timber is repairable, adaptable, versatile and durable. When purchased from well managed sources, it is a sustainable, environmentally friendly resource.
Eurotech WinDoors believes in the importance of forestry management and carefully selects suppliers who have adopted environmental purchasing policies or certification schemes.
Energy Efficient
Unlike steel or plastic, timber requires only a relatively small amount of energy to convert it into useful products. A uPVC window frame has more than seven times the energy input in manufacture than a wooden window of similar size and design, while an aluminium frame needs even more- 7.5 times the energy than a uPVC window!
Windows and doors from Eurotech WinDoors give you that extra feeling of cosiness - something that you may have been missing for some time. Just enjoy those moments of warmth and contentment. Feel good knowing that you are also saving quite a lot of energy as well. In fact, our products comply with the stringent specifications of Germany's Energy Savings Ordinance (EnEV) and thus prove that they are more than ecological.
Traditionally the housing energy efficiency building codes in New Zealand have lacked recognition of the insulation properties of windows, and have concentrated on providing minimum thermal resistance values (R Values, a higher R-value means better insulation) for the roof, floor and walls only.
The new Standards have included glazing and focus on the excessive heat loss through the area of single glazing, which is typically 40 to 45m2 on an average house but can be much larger in modern house designs. Extensive cost benefit analysis has been done to show how the correct insulation of a house can improve the energy efficiency of the house and provide energy savings and improved comfort.
Modern windows from Eurotech-WinDoors
Wood is more efficient in terms of total energy consumption:
We install heat insulation windows and doors based on the latest state of the art. But that's not all. We can safely say we can offer you solutions for any method of construction. This means we are totally committed when it comes to designing the home that is best for you. And who knows, you may also be "burning with enthusiasm" with the idea of teaming up with Eurotech WinDoors to reach your dreams.
Wood breathes
The most amazing attribute of solid wood is that it isn’t inert like PVC, aluminium and other synthetic building materials.
Wooden windows and doors are technically more complex than joinery made of synthetic materials. Wood will actively try to maintain your comfort level by working with the surrounding environment. both absorbing and repelling vapour to achieve a natural and healthy balance.
Solid wood’s natural insulation qualities, combined with high heat capacity, result in a condensation free window or door frame.
Thermal regulation
The ability to absorb moisture vapour is an important functional attribute of solid wood. As the hydrogen bonds that bind the water molecules are reversible, water can be released in a process known as desorption. Heat is generated as vapour is absorbed into the wood and lost again as the solid wood dries, effectively warming and cooling the surrounding space when that is most needed.
The thermal and moisture buffering capacity of solid wood is integral to its ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
Wood and CO2
Solid timber windows and doors reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere. The timber joinery installed in your home stores CO2 as part of its natural composition. After trees are harvested for the making of windows and doors, new ones are planted, which continue to produce life-giving oxygen while removing and storing more CO2 from the atmosphere. Wood products achieve negative net CO2 emissions – lower than any other building material.
Biodegradable
Eurotech WinDoors’ solid timber windows and doors are made of durable timber to achieve a maximum service life. After this life cycle our timber can be recycled or returned to nature as timber is biodegradable, and our timber has not been tanalized.
Finish
We use water based products, which reduce emissions.
Energy Efficient
Unlike steel or plastic, timber requires only a relatively small amount of energy to convert it into useful products. A uPVC window frame has more than seven times the energy input in manufacture than a wooden window of similar size and design, while an aluminium frame needs even more- 7.5 times the energy than a uPVC window!
Windows and doors from Eurotech WinDoors give you that extra feeling of cosiness - something that you may have been missing for some time. Just enjoy those moments of warmth and contentment. Feel good knowing that you are also saving quite a lot of energy as well. In fact, our products comply with the stringent specifications of Germany's Energy Savings Ordinance (EnEV) and thus prove that they are more than ecological.
Traditionally the housing energy efficiency building codes in New Zealand have lacked recognition of the insulation properties of windows, and have concentrated on providing minimum thermal resistance values (R Values, a higher R-value means better insulation) for the roof, floor and walls only.
The new Standards have included glazing and focus on the excessive heat loss through the area of single glazing, which is typically 40 to 45m2 on an average house but can be much larger in modern house designs. Extensive cost benefit analysis has been done to show how the correct insulation of a house can improve the energy efficiency of the house and provide energy savings and improved comfort.
Modern windows from Eurotech-WinDoors
Wood is more efficient in terms of total energy consumption:
- wood uses 435 KW/Hours to produce 1 ton of building material vs PVC@2,610 KW/Hours
- wood windows are consistently found to be the least intrusive in life cycle studies of building products and houses.
We install heat insulation windows and doors based on the latest state of the art. But that's not all. We can safely say we can offer you solutions for any method of construction. This means we are totally committed when it comes to designing the home that is best for you. And who knows, you may also be "burning with enthusiasm" with the idea of teaming up with Eurotech WinDoors to reach your dreams.
Wood breathes
The most amazing attribute of solid wood is that it isn’t inert like PVC, aluminium and other synthetic building materials.
Wooden windows and doors are technically more complex than joinery made of synthetic materials. Wood will actively try to maintain your comfort level by working with the surrounding environment. both absorbing and repelling vapour to achieve a natural and healthy balance.
Solid wood’s natural insulation qualities, combined with high heat capacity, result in a condensation free window or door frame.
Thermal regulation
The ability to absorb moisture vapour is an important functional attribute of solid wood. As the hydrogen bonds that bind the water molecules are reversible, water can be released in a process known as desorption. Heat is generated as vapour is absorbed into the wood and lost again as the solid wood dries, effectively warming and cooling the surrounding space when that is most needed.
The thermal and moisture buffering capacity of solid wood is integral to its ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
Wood and CO2
Solid timber windows and doors reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere. The timber joinery installed in your home stores CO2 as part of its natural composition. After trees are harvested for the making of windows and doors, new ones are planted, which continue to produce life-giving oxygen while removing and storing more CO2 from the atmosphere. Wood products achieve negative net CO2 emissions – lower than any other building material.
Biodegradable
Eurotech WinDoors’ solid timber windows and doors are made of durable timber to achieve a maximum service life. After this life cycle our timber can be recycled or returned to nature as timber is biodegradable, and our timber has not been tanalized.
Finish
We use water based products, which reduce emissions.
