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Watch the above video:There are warning from some engineers that condos with window walls will not last the replacement costs could price owners out of home. Laura Zilke reports.
TORONTO Floor to ceiling windows offer the million-dollar view that help sell condos across the GTA, but replacing those windows could come with a price tag of $100,000, according to a university professor.
John Straube, a professor of civil engineering and architecture at the University of Waterloo, says the windows on current buildings will have an approximate life span of 30 years.
Given the current level of technology, thirty years is not unreasonable. If everything is built right and there are no surprises, said Straube. The entire wall is made of glass, so its going to very costly for materials and cost a lot more money to work on and access.
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The silicone adhesive and rubber gaskets used to install window walls eventually degrade as temperature changes and sun exposure can lead to the aluminium frame to bend causing the windows to fail.
Straube said the window replacement costs can become even more expensive if youre forced to move temporarily while an exterior window wall is replaced.
The sunlight, that can degrade window walls, is also one for the reasons they have become so popular in the design of condo buildings, says a Toronto architect
People buying condos want the views and they want the daylight, said Craig Race, a project manager with the architecture firm Sustainable T.O. When you use glass properly it can be advantageous to a buildings performance. Using passive heat from the sun in the winter is something we like to do here at Sustainable T.O. and it can benefit a building.
Race says builders choose glass because its cheap and quicker to build with one type of construction material.
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Condo-shopping? Be wary of window repair costs
Warrington, Cheshire (PRWEB UK) 21 February 2014
WindowGeeks, the national window, door and conservatory repair specialists, has just launched its new website. Its message is clear: fixing or replacing broken parts can solve most of the problems associated with window and doors. And that spending thousands on new double glazing, when often a low-cost repair is all that's needed, is both a financial and environmental waste. But, admits managing director Jeff Smith, it's a message that too few of us have heard.
The window industry is huge, he says. But our side of the industry the one that mends, makes good and saves money is much lesser known.
We're determined to change that. The new website is just the first step toward putting WindowGeeks in front of anyone with a steamed-up window, broken handle or suspect lock. And not just homeowners either. We're calling out to schools, hoteliers, care homes and councils anyone with windows and doors in need of repair.
Smith, a glazing veteran with almost four decades' industry experience, set up WindowGeeks to challenge the sector's status quo. Double glazing firms only want to sell new windows and doors, he says. They're just not interested in the smaller jobs, or see no point in repairing when there's so much profit to be made by replacing everything.
In a 60-second video, filmed especially for the website, the company shows how simple it is for its local service engineers to fix a double glazing unit. WindowGeeks even offers a free home health check to assess any hidden problems with customers' existing windows and doors.
Visit the new website and watch the video right now at http://www.windowgeeks.co.uk.
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Southfield, MI (PRWEB) February 21, 2014
Marvin Family of Brands Introduces a Wide Array of Revolutionary New Products in 2014, Showcasing Companys Commitment to Quality and Innovation
Cadillac Window is among the first to offer new products from Marvin and Integrity.
The home building and remodeling season is upon us, and Marvin Windows and Doors and Integrity Windows and Doors are excited to introduce a wide array of new products in 2014 that are unmatched in the industry.
With the housing industry slowly recovering, and expected to continue to strengthen in 2014, Marvins new window and door offerings are poised to meet consumer and trade demands, and are more technologically advanced, more energy-efficient and more stylish than ever before.
We are very optimistic about where the industry is headed in 2014, and are excited to see brands like Marvin and Integrity come to market with such a wide array of new products that will help us meet growing consumer demand, says Stephen Toth, President, Cadillac Window Corp. Products like the integrated interior and exterior shades are a first in the industry and Cadillac Window is proud to offer these new products to our customers.
Among the products that Marvin Windows and Doors will be introducing in 2014 include:
New from Integrity Windows and Doors:
See all of Marvin and Integritys new products at Cadillac Window, 26650 W 8 Mile Rd, Southfield, Mi or visit cadillacwindow.com to learn more.
About Marvin Windows and Doors Marvin Windows and Doors brings its Built Around You philosophy to life with every customer and every solution. A premier manufacturer of made-to-order wood and clad wood windows and doors, Marvin offers the industrys most extensive selection of shapes, styles, sizes and options to fit the diverse needs of builders and match the personalities of homeowners. Marvins tradition of delivering the finest craftsmanship in windows and doors began in Warroad, Minn., a small town just six miles from the Canadian border, where the privately-held, family-owned and operated company is still headquartered today.
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Menus integrated within applications are coming to Unity in Ubuntu 14.04.
Canonical has come up with a replacement for the global menu bar, one of the most notable features of Ubuntu's Unity desktop and also one of its most problematic.
This releasethe first with 5-year long-term supportis rock solid.
"Despite displaying the menu contents outside of the window, the menus are still window-specific," we noted in a review of Ubuntu 12.04 in May 2012. "By design, the global menu bar displays the menu of the focused window. This proves awkward in some applications with dialogs and multiple windows."
The intent of moving application-specific menus into the global menu bar was to leave more room for content in applications. But even for people who liked the design, it has grown more problematic over time with the proliferation of bigger monitors, according to Canonical employee Marco Trevisan. The Ubuntu desktop team is bringing the application windows back into the application windows themselves for the 14.04 release in April this year, Trevisan wrote today.
Ubuntu developers wanted to "propose a solution to fix themain UX bugwe have [had] in Unity since its very first release: themenusbeinghard to findortoo far from their parent window," Trevisan wrote. "In fact, having the application menus in thetop panelreally worked very well in small screens but now, especially with HiDPI monitors getting more and more popular, the top panel could be reallytoo farfrom the actual window location."
The fix, which Trevisan credited to desktop user experience lead John Lea, is a new locally integrated menu for applications, similar to the design of pre-Unity versions of Ubuntu.
In a video, Canonical Engineering Manager Stephen Webb said, "We're putting the menus back where the windows are by adding them to the window title bar. You still have the increased content area but you have less work for your trackpad finger. As always, when you're not using them, the menus hide to reduce the visual clutter in your work area."
Ubuntu Unity Locally Integrated Menus.
"So, the first step has been moving away from the old gtk2-based decorations and writingbrand new decorationssupportingGtk3 CSS theminginsideUnity itself; this has been a huge work(including writing abrand-new widget systemfor handling compiz textures in a more natural way), but it gave usgreat benefitsin the end such as muchfaster windows resizing, [an]improvedlook, [and] support fordynamic scaling(for both HighDPI and accessibility reasons)."
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Ive been accused of not being the most exciting guy. My wife would no doubt agree, and my granddaughter thinks Im outright boring. I do admit I tend to have a fairly narrow range of subjects that interest me. Good books, long walks and church potlucks come to mind. There is one thing that gets my heart pumping: Energy conservation!
Conserving energy for me is like being in the middle of a CSI episode. I work with people to gather evidence and fit together clues that lead to reducing bills, maintaining system integrity, and cleaning the environment. And every situation is different. Theres nothing boring about chasing energy robbers.
While there are many different culprits that cause us to be inefficient, one in particular seems to be difficult to understand and typically overlooked. Thats insulation. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, heating and cooling can account for up to 70 percent of the energy used in the average home. Lack of insulation is one of the leading causes of energy waste, so it is an important topic. Installing adequate insulation will save money and improve comfort.
Heat flows naturally via conduction, convection, and radiation from a warmer to a cooler space. Our homes lose heat in the winter and gain it in the summer. To maintain comfort, the heat lost in winter must be replaced by your heating system, and the heat gained in summer must be removed by your air conditioner. Insulation decreases your homes heating or cooling need by providing a resistance to heat loss or gain.
All materials resist the flow of heat to some extent. Even air slows heat movement. This, and blocking air infiltration, is why installing window plastic helps during winter. Insulation materials are rated on their ability to resist the flow of heat. This resistance is represented as an R-value. The higher the R-value, the greater the resistance to heat flow, and the better job the insulation will do at reducing your bills. The R-value of insulation depends on the type of material, its thickness, and its density.
The effectiveness of insulation depends on how its installed. Insulation which is compressed will not give you its full rated R-value. This can happen if you add denser insulation on top of lighter insulation, place something on top of the insulation, or when the insulation gets wet. It also happens if you place fiberglass blankets rated for one thickness into a thinner cavity, such as placing R-19 insulation intended for 6-inch wall cavity into a 3 1/2-inch wall cavity.
Joists, rafters, and studs have a different resistance to heat flow than does the insulation between. So, the overall R-value of a wall or ceiling will be somewhat different from the R-value of the insulation itself. This uneven heat flow across an area is called thermal bridging. Its important that attic insulation cover the tops of the joists and that insulating sheathing is used on walls.
Fiberglass blankets, loose fill cellulose, and low-density foams such as polyicynene and expanded polystyrene all work by limiting air movement. Still air is an effective insulator because it eliminates convection and has low conduction. This is why insulation works best when not compressed. Some foam insulation products such as polyisocyanurate, polyurethane, and extruded polystyrene are filled with special gases that provide additional resistance to heat flow.
So, which kind of insulation is best? Well, it depends. Basically, the type of insulation to buy and install depends on how much is needed, the accessibility of the space to be insulated, the amount space available for the insulation, the local availability and price of insulation, and homeowner preferences. And not all insulation materials are created the same in terms of R-value. For instance, fiberglass blankets have an R-value of about 3.3 per inch, polystyrene foam board about 3.5 per inch, icynene spray foam about 3.6 per inch, cellulose blow-in about 3.7 per inch, and urethane foam about 5.3 per inch.
The amount of energy you save depends on the climate, the type of insulation you use, and the living habits of your family. Installing any amount of insulation will save energy. However, after a certain amount there is a diminishing return on investment. In Ames (weather zone 5), the Department of Energy recommends an R-value of 38 for ceilings, 20 for walls, and 10 for basement walls, slabs, and crawl spaces. It makes economic sense for a homeowner to reach these numbers by adding insulation. Adding more than this will certainly save additional energy, but the economics are less attractive. These upgrades will provide smaller savings and a longer payback.
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Bloomington Transit has started construction on a new transit center. The center will be on Third and Walnut Streets and should be completed within the next four months.
The center is a joint project between Bloomington Transit and the City of Bloomington, said Lew May, general manager at Bloomington Transit.
The building will have a second floor dedicated to the Bloomington/Monroe County 911 dispatch center, which is currently located at 223 E. Third St.
The city is paying about $2 million in construction costs and Bloomington Transit about $5 million, May said.
Money for the transit portion is coming from federal grants and local Bloomington Transit funds, May said.
May mentioned a number of components Bloomington Transit is adding to the new center.
There will be canopies outside to shelter people from rain while waiting for the buses. The canopies will reach far enough to allow passengers to get on the bus without getting wet, May said.
There will also be more passenger amenities on site, like public restrooms and air-conditioning, which the current Bloomington Transit center on Fourth and Washington Streets does not have, May said.
In an attempt to use more advanced technology, the construction staff is installing free wireless Internet for passengers waiting for buses at the center, May said, as well as digital information monitors with arrival times and bus tracking technologies.
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