Tag Archives: Insulating Glass Units

Applying the carbon equation to insulating glass units (IGUs)

Since its introduction, insulating glass units (IGUs) have provided significant reductions in operational carbon emissions from buildings—yet, they increase the embodied (upfront) carbon. This is because the amount of energy (and carbon) intensive glass used is doubled in an IGU compared to monolithic glass and the service life is significantly reduced from many hundreds of years to 20 to 40 years.

+ Read More