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When we think about windows, we think about elements of a house whose purpose is to keep us in touch with nature and at the same time to protect us from the weather’s whims. In this regard, one can notice that for many buildings, starting with the imposing sky scrapers completely covered in glass and also for the residential buildings, people want to harmonize their workplace with nature.  To facilitate this closeness to nature, building design more and more includes a large number of windows and also bigger windows. The benefits of this closeness to nature are obvious:  we are more relaxed, more inspired and full of energy. This way, we can feel the beneficial effects of being in nature even inside our home or office any time we feel the need for a break.

Aplast has paid a special attention to this tendency and has permanently developed windows that offer solutions for the boldest trends in design.

Until now, the main obstacles to a residential building with a large window surface have been the fact that windows provide a lower protection against environmental factors than walls as well as that a larger window surface leads to a lower building resistance.

If the lower protection was erased from the list of shortcomings with the introduction of Dual Protect and Dual Protect Extreme glasses, now we also improve the resistance. 

The technology of sticking the glass to the frame converts the window into an important element of building stiffening. This technology was introduced for the first time in Romania by Aplast and has been recently developed for residential buildings.  Previously, it had played a major role in the car industry due to the same benefits that have determined Aplast to use it.  The sticking of the windshield stiffens the car body, provides a better resistance in case of impact and allows the making of cars with larger windows.

Translated in the language of windows, these benefits improve the resistance of the window as well as the stiffening of the building and increase the life expectancy. Moreover, the glass reinforces the frame and not the other way around and due to this fact we can give up additional armature to build lighter windows. Furthermore, we can use narrower frames that allow for a larger window surface, more light and more freedom in building design. At the same time, the energy efficiency of the building increases because the losses of energy through the frame decrease with approximately 20% and the anti-theft protection improves since the glass sticks to the frame.

The glass being stuck to the frame is not a disadvantage in case we want to replace the glass. Also, the duration and complexity of this replacement have only slightly increased.

For the moment, the technology of sticking the glass to the frame is available only for Vision, the top Aplast windows.