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Passive window and balcony door benefits

Kalesi passive windows save significant energy costs for heating, and ensure advantage of being warm and cozy even in very cold winter evenings. This also applies to the areas close to the windows which do not emit cold anymore.

Dear Home-Owner!

As it can be seen from the presented schema, from the windows and doors of a new private building built following the building standards effective in Estonia, approximately 17% of the heat escapes straight to the outside. Depending on the type of heating the heating expenses for a building of 150 m² are approximately 20,000 to 40,000 kroons annually.
Investing in Kalesi’s special HTP-10 products instead of standard HTP-1 window products, you reduce the heat loss of the windows of your house to 11%. Considering the rapid rise of the prices of thermal energy, this kind of an investment pays back the 30%* higher acquisition price in just 8 years.

* If the price of standard HTP-1 windows in case of a 150 m² house is 100,000 kroons, using the Kalesi special HTP-10 windows the investment sum will be around 130,000 kroons.

In case of older buildings we are even speaking of 30-50% of warmth that is just “vented” out. With the current heating prices, the heating cost of an older house of 150 m² total area reaches a yearly 30,000-50,000 kroons. As curious as it may seem, the investment in Kalesi’s special HTP-10 windows (130,000 kroons) is earned back within 6-8 years (investing in standard windows HTP-1 the pay-back period would also be 6-8 years, since the heat loss is bigger). In the long perspective changing the windows of old houses can save a fortune.

Like it can be seen from the calculations, changing the windows of old houses is one of the most benefi cial investments – unlike investing in business shares, debentures and other securities. Due to the rapid rise of heating expenses the risk level of the investment is 0, which is a risk level not offered by any bank or fund manager.



Inspecting the adjoining drawings, the details that change Kalesi’s special HTP-10 windows into a highly profi table investment but seem irrelevant at the fi rst sight, will surely not be left unnoticed.

And most importantly – Kalesi’s special HTP-10 windows guarantee, in addition to smaller heating bills, also a comfortably warm and cozy atmosphere even during very cold winter nights. By the way, this also applies to the areas close to the windows which do not emit cold anymore. The only things you will miss are beautiful frost fl owers on the windows, because due to the excellent thermal insulation of the windows they simply will not appear.

We hope you make the right choice!

NB! All the calculations are approximate and based on Kalesi’s 12 years of experience producing windows and doors. Exact calculation of the pay-back period of the investment depends on the complexity of windows and the characteristics of each building.

For Your Information: Some window producers advertise the thermal insulation of
their windows showing the data on thermal conductivity of glass package. In reality
the thermal insulation of glass package and the window as a whole are two different
things.
If the thermal conductivity of glass package is calculated from the centre of the glass
(not taking into account the thermal conductivity of the edges of glass packet), then
while calculating or testing the thermal conductivity of the whole window all the
properties and technical details of the window set are taken under consideration:
• type of window
• type of window material and density
• thermal conductivity of the glass package
• thermal conductivity of the edges of the glass package
• perimeter of the glass package and the depth of glazing in
• thermal conductivities of the window-frame and sash profi les and their surface
• existence of compensation gasket
• number of main gaskets and their technical properties
Tip! You should always ask the window seller how they have calculated the

Submitted: 25.02.2010