Energy Efficiency

Style meets energy efficiency.

Rylock has been designing and specifying products that consider Australia’s diverse landscape and local climatic conditions for more than 40 years. It has always been an essential component of everything we do.

Energy Efficient building design considers the specific climatic conditions of a given site. Climate and orientation are variables that can add comfort and value to your home. Window and glass door product type and size are critical factors in this process. Appropriate glazing for winter heat gain, carefully positioned products to encourage cross-flow ventilation and opening clerestory windows to vent warm summer air are but a few design examples.

Air leakage – or ‘air infiltration’ – refers to how well a product seals the inside from the out. Rylock products typically feature at least two seals on every opening element. Most products are glazed with inner and outer seals to prevent drafts and glass rattling.

Four-point compression locks on Rylock Hinged Doors compress the seal properly. Our bar operator Awnings and Casement Windows are designed with secondary latches to seal shut effectively. Best practice installation techniques should also be adopted to ensure air leakage is minimised around the perimeter of every product.

The frame conductivity of a window is important in determining how quickly heat transfers from where it is hot, to where it is not. Naturally, this cycle changes through the seasons however this measure is always made through the U-value.

Rylock products are thermally modelled during the design phase to minimise heat transfer through conductivity, whilst enjoying the strength and durability of a quality powder coated aluminium window system. Our product features an in-line reveal system which acts as a thermal shield, whilst our Thermally Broken Series of windows and doors deliver the ultimate performance, whereby an insulator separates the inner and outer extrusions.