Keeping the window open.The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ), Wauconda, Ill., is continuing a campaign called "Keep Aluminum Windows," which promotes aluminum extrusion window and door products as viable and preferable for builders. The AEC has worked in part with the U.S. Department of Energy's EnergyStar program for builders to promote the energy-saving aspects of aluminum window and door frames. The organization touts the overall advantages of extruded aluminum windows as being resistant to rot rot (rot) 1. decay. 2. a disease of sheep, and sometimes of humans, due to Fasciola hepatica. rot decay. (which can affect wood windows) and having the ability to withstand extreme temperatures (unlike vinyl windows, which can become brittle (jargon) brittle - Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor tweak to the software itself. Also, any system that responds inappropriately and disastrously to abnormal but expected external stimuli; e. at low temperatures and flexible at high temperatures, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the AEC). Sales of metal window and door frames increased by $2.4 billion dollars annually in 2003 compared to 1993 for a 37 percent increase, according to a report prepared by The Freedonia Group, Cleveland. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion