This is most of Europe actually
Btw, the slant window isn’t that convenient; air barely replaces this way.
It takes longer but it works perfectly fine for having fresh air constantly without having the window completely open. Mine is currently opened like that and I can feel the fresh winter air 🥰
Where did i read this… i think it is about impact ventilation vs. always a bit open, the later wasting way more heating energy. At least, downward or sideways slant would be more effective (cold air is heavier).
Oh yeah, I really didn’t think about it from an energy perspective, but I also never slant it when I heat. Only when it’s a little warmer, in winter I do “impact ventilate”. (What an interesting word, in German it’s “Stoßlüften”, so a very similar literal translation :D)
Really interesting point with the mass though! I do notice active air exchange when it’s colder, however, so not sure if it would make such a difference?
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Didja steal it from Ikea or something?
You forgot the one where the window is fixated just in one lower corner and it looks so vulnerable and creepy at the same time
Yeah and it’s even worse when this happens to a balcony door
The first time that happened to me I freaked out thinking the window was falling out of its hinges.
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Brit here, all the windows in my flat have this system.
Must be a pre-Brexit window.
You know it.
Glad they’re gone
Edit: -6 votes? 😅 Geez Lemmy is even faster at jumping to conclusions than Reddit!
The Brits?
No, those new-fangled bureaucratic politically-correct continental windows from the EU.
…this is a joke right?
Yes duuh
Honestly I don’t know with any of you people anymore.
Have these windows in an apartment in Ukraine
Is it a real thing?
I discovered these windows in Netherlands and Germany. I love it. Blew my mind.
Please tell me you guys know about double (or now triple) glazing? right?
Double paned windows are basically standard.
I looked at getting trippled paned windows a while back, and the benefits were marginal compared to double paned from the same company. It seems that once you’re already in the higher end of the market, they don’t do much over good double paned.
Yes, but also no. There are a bunch of other factors that contribute to a windows performance; manufacturer, type of gas used in the cavity, spacer material conductivity, thermal bridge free frame design, low e coatings and solar reflectance, and the quality of the installation matters most. Then there’s the windows efficiency relative to the rest of the assembly. If it’s a building code basic 2x4 wall from 1970 then you’re absolutely right, it would be overkill putting some triple pane krypton filled window in. But if you’ve got a foot of exterior insulation and are pushing a u value of 0.13 on your wall assembly then you need windows to match.
Source: certified Passive House designer, the most demanding energy standard for buildings available, that originated in … yup you guessed it, Germany.
I have a relatively new house (built 2006). I came to the conclusion that the extra money spent on triple paned windows would be more effectively spent on improvements elsewhere. Like a heat pump or hybrid water heater.
In the end, we weren’t able to swing the windows at all, but did replace our crappy doors.
Bastards. Use our technology.
Bottom row, middle window: Useful for collecting rain water.
…it opens towards the inside.
Not if it was installed backwards because you wanted to catch rain water.
Wait until they find out our windows have a 4th setting as well 😎
The fourth is where you accidentally put the handle diagonally and all hinges unlock except one bottom corner.
Germans literally never think about this unless when travelling abroad.
Some people say this is why Hitler ordered operation Barbarossa. Not smart people , but people.
And stoßlüft everyday at least twice. We love fresh air!
