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Green from start to finish
Our vinyl manufacturing processes blend environmental sensitivity with high-quality finished products. We recycle our vinyl and glass scrap, often selling it to companies outside our industry, such as PVC pipe manufacturers and post-industrial recyclers.

Utilizing vinyl provides our customers products with sustainable life spans, keeping them out of landfills.  Our lead-free PVC vinyl is not petroleum-based; its production requires no burning and generates no harmful gases.  When it comes to environmentally sensitive manufacturing, our vinyl production methods are among the most progressive in the industry.

Also included in the company's efforts to make it more environmentally responsible are upgrades to the equipment used to produce glass in our door and window products. Just one example is our new glass oven that uses infrared heating elements that reduce energy consumption by 75 percent, resulting in added savings for the company and the consumer.

How do we do it?
The Park Avenue Window Manufacturer is a participant in the National Fenestration Rating Council's Certification Program, a uniform national rating system for energy performance of fenestration products. All Park Avenue Window and Patio Door products are NFRC tested, certified and labeled.
Our LoE2 glass boasts up to eight layers of microscopic coatings that act like a filter: In summer, the LoE2 glass allows ample visible light to pass through while blocking infrared and ultraviolet radiant solar energy. Result: Rooms stay cooler. In winter, the glass helps to keep rooms warmer by reflecting heat back into the home while letting warm, solar rays in.
Our warm-edge, insulating glass sealant systems flex with the glass in hot or cold temperatures to help prevent sealant failure. These insulating spacer systems keep the edges of the glass warmer, dramatically reducing condensation while keeping warm air in and cold air out. Insulating gases, such as krypton, are used in our triple pane window and door products.

ENERGY STAR Partner
The Park Avenue Window Manufacturer is proud to be an ENERGY STAR® Partner and offer our customers vinyl replacement windows and sliding glass patio doors with the ENERGY STAR label. ENERGY STAR is the symbol for energy efficiency.
ENERGY STAR qualified windows and doors save you energy and money, increase the comfort of your home, and protect your valuable possessions from sun damage. They are also better for the environment because lowering your energy use means less air pollution from power plants, and a greener environment for everyone.
All Park Avenue Window and Door products specified with E3-Max Glass®, a triple pane insulating glass system with LoE2 and Krypton gas are ENERGY STAR qualified in all 50 states.

GreenSpec Designation
Park Avenue Window's E3-Max Glass has received the GreenSpec®-Listed designation by BuildingGreen, Inc., an independent company committed to providing accurate, unbiased, and timely information on building-industry products. The GreenSpec Directory lists product descriptions for over 2,100 environmentally preferable products.