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	The BFRC have announced that energy efficient windows (all windows that have been tested under the Window Energy Rating scheme and achieve a ‘C’ rating or better) will now come under the Energy Saving Trusts Energy Efficiency Recommended initiative in much the same way as white goods (fridges, boilers, washing machines etc.) and other products such as cavity wall and roofing insulation. This is a Government backed initiative which is likely to lead to all energy efficient windows being subsidised by the power companies under the Energy Efficient Commitment Initiative. This initiative as a pool of £140million pounds per annum to subsidise energy efficient products for the home such as low voltage light bulbs etc. The BFRC held a seminar last March specifically aimed at the social housing sector and local authorities informing them about Window Energy Rating and the Government requirement to have 20% of all windows being manufactured to a ‘C’ rating within 4 years and the part that local authorities and government bodies need to play to achieve that goal.

		To achieve a ‘C’ rating or better you require a combination of gas filling, Low E glass and a GOOD WARM EDGE technology such as SUPER SPACER

Companies who can demonstrate that there windows have been tested by an approved independent assessor and had those results verified by either BM Trada or BBA and comply to the other requirements such as an audited quality system, will be able to go to the BFRC and have official confirmation of compliance and will be able to have there windows firstly carry the Window Energy Rating label and secondly they will be able to then go to the Energy Saving Trust to be able to carry the Energy Efficiency Recommended logo which will eventually allow them to tap into the substantial resources available to help subsidize energy efficient windows.


	Windows fitted with Super Spacer filled with Argon Gas with one pane Low E Glass into either a PVC 3 chambered window or a timber window will achieve a ‘C’ rating allowing the installer to claim that their window is Energy Efficient in line with the Energy Saving Trust (EST) A typical 3 bedroom house in the UK fitted with standard ‘E’ rated windows would lose 94% more heat through the windows than the same house fitted with ‘C’ rated windows.

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