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Robin Carnahan, GSA Administrator, speaks at a GSA Press Conference to discuss the importance and urgency of combating climate change.
“The more that we can show that climate change can be solved by innovations today, the more that people will start to demand solutions that will help them today.” Gina McCarthy, National Climate Advisor
LOUISVILLE, Colo. (PRWEB)
April 18, 2022
ALPEN HIGH PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC., a longtime U.S. leader in high efficiency window technology across commercial and residential markets, was highlighted at a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) press conference Wednesday at the Denver Federal Center as a part of GSA’s Green Proving Ground (GPG) Program. GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan joined National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Congressman Ed Perlmutter to discuss the importance and ways in which Colorado can combat the climate crisis.
Federal programs like GSA’s GPG Program actively evaluate emerging building technologies to demonstrate its applications towards achieving clean energy and sustainability goals. GSA published the results of nearly a year-long testing of and evaluation of recently. WinSert® secondary window inserts lightweight Quad-Pane windowsAlpen. Administrator Carnahan highlighted Alpen windows as an example for what these program investments are meant to accomplish when he discussed the GPG Program. “That’s where we use innovative, new products and test them out on these federal buildings, and one of them is here today. It’s the Alpen glass quad-panels. It’s a Colorado company that has been doing that here on the [Denver Federal Center] campus and saving a lot of money, creating jobs in Colorado.”
National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy expanded on Carnahan’s comments about demonstration programs like GPG, explaining how the ‘code red’ status of climate change can be turned into opportunities. “The more we can show and demonstrate that climate change can be solved today by the innovations already today as we move forward to create the next round of opportunities, the more that people will begin to demand the solutions that will benefit them today.”
The key to combating the climate crisis is reducing energy costs and making buildings more energy-efficient. It is also important to futurize buildings beyond the federal portfolio. “The challenge is to try to get folks to understand and embrace the efficiency that you can get with new buildings, but also the efficiency you can achieve through retrofitting and rethinking the way in which energy cost is spent,” said McCarthy. “It can make a huge improvement, if you think about it, over time. By making a small investment, you can accrue that payback… and the payments just keep paying after that. Every single year you benefit… Part of the biggest strategy to address climate change is as simple as reducing your energy bill.”
Through the GPG studies, Alpen’s WinSert secondary window inserts, made with ‘thin’ glass and super-insulated fiberglass frames designed to turn existing low-performing windows into high performance windows, demonstrated up to 18% whole-building energy savings based on energy modeling. Alpen’s quad-pane windows, made with either ‘thin’ glass or suspended film center panes to create a high performance window in a lighter-weight profile, demonstrated an average simple payback of less than two years. GSA will be installing Alpen’s quad-pane high performance windows throughout building 40 at the Denver Federal Center as a part of its goal to use energy efficiency to get to net zero through electrification of its buildings.
“We are pleased to be invited into GSA’s Green Proving Ground Program to demonstrate the promising capabilities of our quad-pane windows and WinSert secondary windows,” said Brad Begin, CEO of Alpen High Performance Products. “Climate change is here, and high-impact technologies that reduce the footprint of the built environment have never been more imperative.”
GSA’s Green Proving Ground program hosted two webinars for Alpen’s products where researchers and facility managers discussed findings from the project evaluation, shared operational guidance and answered live questions. The webinar recordings of Lightweight Quad-Pane Windows & Lightweight Secondary Windows are available. Here. More information on these GPG Program studies is available here. http://www.gsa.gov
About GSA’s Green Proving Ground (GPG) Program
GSA’s Green Proving Ground program works with third-party evaluators to test innovative early-commercial building technologies in federally owned buildings. GSA can make investment decisions in next generation building technologies based upon actual performance. To date, following favorable evaluation results, 23 GPG-evaluated technologies have been deployed in more than 500 facilities in GSA’s real-estate portfolio. Please visit www.gpg.org for more information. http://www.gsa.gov/gpg.
ALPEN HIGH-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS INC
Alpen High Performance Products produces super-insulating, thermally efficient residential and commercial windows. They also make architectural glass. Alpen High Performance Products has over 40 years of industry leadership in high-performance windows and glass unit production. The exceptional thermal performance of Alpen’s window and glazing solutions grants the freedom to design with maximum glass across all building types and climate zones. Alpen products can be used for new construction and retrofits. They offer a powerful combination of energy savings, blocking summer heat, retaining winter heat, eliminating harmful UV rays, noise reduction, and maximization of natural daylight. Visit Alpen’s websiteLearn more
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