Why Impact Windows and Doors Make Your Home Energy Efficient?

Florida summers are intensely hot. Vacationers may enjoy the sensation of baking in the Florida sun. However, residents know that those hot beams from the sky will bake the outside and inside of your home. AC takes a lot of power to keep cool, so energy-efficient home design is important. Windows are a primary "escape point" where cooling energy is lost as warm sunlight beams in. You could lose 25-30% of a home's cooling energy through the windows. Fortunately, it doesn't have to be. Certain window technologies like impact window design can significantly reduce temperature loss. Impact windows and doors can also increase your home's seasonal energy efficiency. We'd love to tell you why.

Impact Windows Fight the Florida Heat

Most Florida homeowners install impact windows for hurricane protection. The windows can withstand hurricane-force winds and flying debris. But an interesting and useful side-effect of those design features is energy efficiency.

Why Impact Windows Are Insulators

Impact windows increase the R-value (insulation) of your home at every window because they are made with layers of laminate. These flexible plastic sheets layered into the glass panes allow the window to flex instead of break on impact. But they also drastically increase the pane's insulation qualities by preventing temperature changes from being transferred through the glass

Benefits of Impact Window Energy Efficiency

Because of the insulating properties of impact glass, both windows and doors made of impact glass are much more energy efficient. This can allow you to easily keep your home cooler in the summer while lowering your year-round AC bills. Impact windows both block out the heat of the sun's rays while also preventing your window from allowing cold to escape.

Impact windows often receive the Energy Star rating for home energy efficiency. As an additional bonus, the laminate layers provide more UV protection than normal windows.

For many Florida homes with patio doors and walls of windows that turn into a sauna in the summer, you will enjoy cooler indoor temperatures while still enjoying that perfect tropical view.

Impact Windows Provide Storm Protection

Energy efficiency is an all-year benefit, but impact windows and doors are essential for Florida home safety during the hurricane season. Impact glass helps safeguard your home from hurricanes when built into windows and doors.

The glass, pre-sealed into each frame, is rated for Cat 5 protection, keeping your home and family safe in the face of the largest possible hurricanes and storms. Impact glass does not shatter. When pressed by high-speed winds or hit with flying debris, you can see the glass flex without breaking.

In the rare event that the glass panes between the laminate sheets are cracked, the laminate holds it together. Your window will remain in place, continuing to protect the home after taking damage, and no glass shards will fall.

Impact Windows Defend Your Home From Break-Ins

Impact glass also provides advanced protection from home intruders. The design of impact glass is difficult to break, requiring excessive force to crack the glass. Intruders would have to rival the force of a Cat 5 hurricane before the glass would even crack.

Even when cracked, the window remains integral, protecting your home with a durable membrane suspending the glass shards.

Lastly, impact windows and doors are tightly sealed into their frames and reinforced during installation, making even the frames difficult to pry or separate.

Any intruder hoping to break into your home through the impact windows or doors will be sorely disappointed.

Bonus: Impact Glass Provides Noise Reduction

Did you know that the design of impact glass also muffles sound transmission? Noise reduction is a valuable quality in home construction materials because it increases privacy for the family and provides greater peace from outside noises.

The laminate sheeting built into impact glass panes increases the insulation value and prevents the glass from vibrating to transmit sounds. Impact glass provides a significant amount of noise reduction, creating a quieter and more peaceful home with the peace of mind you get from energy savings and hurricane protection.

This will allow you to enjoy your home even more this summer.

Explore Impact Windows and Doors for Your Florida Home

Impact glass protects your home from heat, hurricanes, and neighborhood sounds with one masterful glass pane design strategy. To upgrade your Florida home with impact windows and doors, look to ARMORVUE, dedicated to improving Florida homes with high-quality windows and doors. ARMORVUE has a BBB A+ rating, is licensed and insured, and provides a Lifetime Limited Transferable Warranty, which ensures quality and a higher home value after installation.

We are the recipients of several local business awards and have been accredited by Miami-Date and Energy Star. You can rely on our 125 years of combined experience, our Gold Standard of Service from permitting to inspection, and the promise that our services come with no hidden fees.

Contact ARMORVUE to schedule your free in-home consultant or showroom appointment.