We Can Save The Planet By Installing Double Glazing

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By David Parsons


If you install double glazing in your home or office, you can certainly reduce your carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is worked out by estimating how many tonnes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases you use. This is done by looking at your lifestyle choices. Installing double glazing immediately cuts down these emissions quickly and with little other effort on your part.

A quick way to work out how much carbon dioxide you use is to g to a website which is dedicated for this purpose. It asks you details such as how many car journeys you make each year and how many holidays you take. Examples of these things are what make up your primary carbon usage. This also takes into account how energy efficient your home is. For example, how much energy it loses just by your daily activities, through the windows and the roof etc.

As well as this, it works out the secondary carbon footprint, which consists of the impact of the products used on the environment. This means whether you buy local produce or buy mostly expensive things which need to be shipped in. Both of these things together constitute the entire carbon usage.

Double glazing is an excellent way to trim down your carbon footprint. They act as insulators for your home. They trap air between two panes of glass - a sort of mini greenhouse effect, and keep your house warmer.

This immediately has an direct impact on how much energy you lose through your windows. This means, of course, that you are using less energy to keep your house warm and so you see a reduction in your energy bills. Your carbon footprint will decrease by roughly 740kg per year, for an average sized house.

It is easy to see that having double glazing installed has immediate and long lasting benefits for the environment and is an easy, no hassle way for all of us to help to save the planet.




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