Energy rated doors important energy savers

In September 2011 the British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) commenced their Door Energy Ratings Scheme (DER). Another official body, the British Standard Institute (BSI) has also introduced a Kitemark for replacement doors, enabling UK householders to select external doors tested by either of these recognised bodies so that they can choose external replacement door products that  have the highest possible rating.

The BFRC door scheme is simply an extension (to all kinds of domestic doors – external pedestrian doors and French, folding and sliding glazed doors) of the BFRC’s Windows Energy Ratings (WER’s) label scheme . The BFRC label makes the levels (A to G) for energy efficient doors understandable and easily visible, allowing UK home owners and specifiers alike to assess for themselves the energy efficiency properties…