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Vacuum Insulated Glass

The typical home loses 30% of its heat through windows, so highly insulated windows are an energy efficiency option with a disproportionately large benefit. Essentially, a Vacuum Insulated Glass (VIG) window is like a flat, transparent thermos bottle that dramatically reduces heat loss and sound penetration. Super thin panes of glass, separated by tiny spacers, are sealed around the edges. The vacuum between the two panes virtually eliminates conduction and convection heat loss.

PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGES

There are many advantages to using our super thin, light VIG glass with a life expectancy of over 25 years including noise reduction, excellent UV filtering, fully tempered and extremely high thermal insulation performance.

RETROFIT ADVANTAGES

Older homes with single glaze windows cannot have insulated multipane units because they are too thick unless sashes, beads and potentially panels are replaced. Retro fitting with FMI’s VIG perfectly addresses this problem because it is super thin, fitting into existing single-glazed windows and doors.

IGU ADVANTAGES

Adding a VIG to one skin of an insulated glass unit super charges it as far as thermal and acoustic properties are concerned. This is an effective way of gaining increased thermal performance for either replacement windows and doors or windows and doors for a new home.

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