ISO RELEASES WINDOW ENERGY SAVING STANDARD

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a new standard designed to prevent energy losses through windows. ISO 18292:2011 gives window companies a calculation procedure to assess the energy efficiency of their products before releasing them for sale, taking account of all climates and heating or cooling systems. *See
http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=38630

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