Answers to your questions about home windows
Most windows made in the Middle Ages were for the huge cathedrals, mainly their enormous stained-glass windows. As the use of window glass progressed from the churches, the wealthy were next in line to receive them followed (eventually) by everyone else.
A four ft. square sheet of glass was about the largest piece that could be made back then.
As an industry, replacement windows became fully thriving in the latter part of the 1900’s.
Windows needed to be an established part of our lives before window replacement could ever possibly be established.
The Romans began making sheets of glass right around 400 B.C.
The ENERGY STAR® program, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), actively promotes the use of high-efficiency equipment and technology.
The EPA reports average new homes have windows covering an area of 10 to 25 percent of the exterior wall surfaces.
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