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REHAU offers a number of flexible, easy to fabricate window and door systems for window manufacturers.

Fiberglass reinforced PVC frames, with strength to support triple glaze without internal steel or aluminum reinforcing or aluminum cladding. Passive House performance claim.

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Triple Pane/High Performance Windows Made In the USA

Wythe Windows - PVC frame high performance window units, some with PHI certification, with painted or Aluminum clad exteriors, with internal steel reinforcing or insulation filled cavities. MADE IN USA.

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(via Home - 2018 2Fold Doors)

US made steel and wood framed door - interesting!

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Neuffer - a German company with a broad range of triple glazed windows including lines certified by PHI (international Passive House Institute). They have wood and vinyl frames, aluminum clad, and unclad for both.

(via ECO Idealu - Aluminum Clad Wood Window | Neuffer)

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PROGRESSION Passivhaus-certified windows - Green Building Store

Passivhaus-certified A-rated triple glazed timber inward opening window, with minimalist, narrow sightlines and low maintenance design.

Interesting frame design with the sash hidden behind the face frame.

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Internorm Passive House Windows sold by German System Windows in US. Includes quad glazed windows (triple glaze plus unsealed energy panel) with integral (solar powered) blinds. Awesome!

(via About Us | German System Windows – WIndows & Doors)

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Cascadia windows and doors, triple glazed plastic composite frames with voids filled with insulation. Launched with PHIUS performance certification, says PHI componant cert coming.

(via Universal Series | Cascadia Windows & Doors)

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Cascadia - maker of fiberglass framed windows intro’s new Passive House certified line - Universal Series

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Love the casement window units floating in the window wall here.

(via Modernist Architecture: The House that Jack Built)

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Interesting window shading.

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Glass brick, strong as masonry, installed load bearing on the ground and second floor of this building.

(via Stronger than Concrete: New Glass Bricks Support Dutch Facade | Urbanist)

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http://www.kneer-suedfenster.de/en/windows/wood-aluminium-clad-windows

German window manufacturer Kneer Südfenster, aluminum clad, and all wood, Passive House claim.

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Shading device = changeable facade

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New site promising Passive House windows from europe with emphasis on cost. Remains to be seen what the product is, and who is making it. 

American window makers still absent from the high performance window market - sitting on their hands.

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(via San Diego City College | Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

wood slat shading screen

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Great window shading device.

(via isaphila on Instagram:)

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I like this combo of fixed and operable windows, as well as the use of color against natural siding material.

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