CSR – Communities

Since opening our ﬁrst factory in Dewsbury in 1986, we have never lost sight of the importance of the community we serve. The importance of encouraging a community spirit, of helping people achieve their ambitions, of being a good neighbour and the importance of value, quality and service – these are all part of the values and vision of our family-owned business. For these reasons, we have always been committed to contributing to and supporting our local communities – helping boost local economies and enhancing the vitality of local neighbourhoods by creating jobs.

Our approach We will act and behave with the needs and expectations of the local community in mind. We will do this by:
Encouraging people and local communities to reach their potential
Investing in communities through factory growth and community-investment programmes
Offering local employment opportunities and supporting local economic activity
Talking and listening to our communities about our plans and their needs

We are committed to:

Investing and supporting our communities through factory growth and community giving programmes
Offering local employment opportunities
Supporting local economic activity
Offering our customers great product quality and customer service excellence

Accreditations

For Oakland Glass Ltd, issues of quality and safety are paramount. We have a quality system in place to ensure that we consistently provide products that meet all industry and regulatory standards and our customers requirements.

BS EN 1279 Insulated Glass Units
BS EN 12150 Safety Glass
BS EN 1279–2:2002 Long Term Test Method Moisture Penetration
BS EN 1279–3:2002 Long Term Test Method Gas Leakage and Gas Concentration Tolerance Aluminium Spacer Bar
BS EN 1279–3:2002 Long Term Test Method Gas Leakage and Gas Concentration Tolerance Warm Edge Super Spacer®
BS EN 1279–5:2005 Glass in building. Insulating glass units. Evaluation of conformity
BS EN 1279–6:2002 Glass in building. Insulating glass units. Factory production control and periodic tests
BS EN 12150–1:2000 Toughened Glass
BS EN 12600–2002 Impact Test Method Toughened Glass

Low-E...

Low-emissivity glass or Low-E glass as it is more commonly referred to, is a type of energy-efficient glass designed to prevent heat escaping through your windows to the cold outdoors.

When heat or light energy is absorbed by glass, it is either convected away by moving air or reradiated by the glass surface. The ability of a material to radiate energy is called its emissivity. All materials, including windows, emit (or radiate) heat in the form of long-wave, far-infrared energy depending on their temperature. This emission of radiant heat is one of the important components of heat transfer for a window. Thus reducing the window’s emittance can greatly improve its insulating properties.

U-values...

U-values measure the effectiveness of a material as an insulator in buildings.

Expressed in W/m2k, it shows the amount of heat lost in watts (W) per square metre of material when the temperature (k) outside is at least one degree lower.

If we look at typical U values for glazing, single pane glass units have a U value of 5, older double glazed units have a U value of 3, and modern double glazed units have a U value of 1.6

To reach the forecasted target of U value 0.8, glazing has to be produced to higher standards, using more expensive manufacturing techniques, filling cavities with more expensive gasses (like krypton) instead of argon.

The lower the U-value, the better the insulation provided by the material.