REHAU Announces A Rated Window - Fully Reinforced

REHAU has announced what it believes is an industry first with a BFRC A rated window in a standard profile suite with full reinforcement.

The REHAU Edge 70mm system has been independently confirmed to be able to achieve an A rating either with standard reinforcement for white windows or fully reinforced for coloured windows.

This means REHAU Edge customers can now produce A rated windows with no additional stock holding, no special bead requirement since they are based on 28mm units and no additional fabrication processes on the shop floor.

Advancements in both the profile and glass technology have enabled REHAU to offer its fabricators this significant opportunity to exploit the growing market for high performance windows.

They will be able to target both the retail sector where consumers are already familiar with the ABC Rating scheme and the commercial sector where A rated windows can be used by specifiers as a net contributor to the energy demand of a building.

The REHAU Tritec and S706 70mm systems can achieve similar A ratings with standard reinforcement using a different sealed unit and/or warm edge spacer bar combination, so REHAU is stepping up its campaign to encourage all its fabricators to take advantage of the new sales opportunities which the ratings represent.

Ralf Winterling, Technical Manager - Customer Service at REHAU, says: ‘Fabricators can now easily produce A, B and C rated windows using the REHAU systems, all of which can be promoted with the instantly recognisable 'Energy Saving Recommended' certification mark from the Energy Saving Trust.

‘In a difficult market, this has enormous sales potential and we are encouraging our customers to focus on this and supporting them in the certification process and with new sales literature and new advertisements.’

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