Introduction of a new type of wooden/aluminium windows with increased thermal insulation in production
KDW WERKE Baltics ·Latvia
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">The aim of the project is to increase the productivity and competitiveness of SIA KDW WERKE Baltics by launching a new product - wood/aluminium windows with thermal transmittance UW=0.50-0.60 W/m<sup>2</sup>K for passive houses, using resource-saving production technologies.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif">The project will be implemented in the areas of green innovation :</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt">1) creation of environmentally friendly and energy efficient materials and products - the company will start producing a completely new product - wooden/aluminium windows, which will provide increased thermal insulation to meet the requirements of passive houses;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt">2) use of surplus material from production processes: the new equipment will ensure that useful surplus material (wood) from production process will be preserved in a quality good for production of window trim (wood mouldings), reducing the amount of wood waste by 11%;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt">3) any other improvements in products, technologies or processes related to green innovation that contribute to the modernisation and sustainability of production processes: purchase of highly automated, more energy-efficient (compared to the company's existing technologies) equipment that will ensure higher productivity (both in terms of labour involvement and production time), lower electricity consumption per 1 window unit, thus making a significant contribution to modernising the company's production technologies and increasing its competitiveness at international level.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"> </p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Main project activities:</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt">1. Purchase of equipment and software. </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt">2. Knowledge transfer activities with a project partner of the donor country (Norway).</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt">3. Measure related to the implementation of the new service - employee involvement in the project.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt">4. Information and communication activities.</span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The project involved a partner from the Kingdom of Norway: Verda Bygg AS, a company representing the residential and non-residential construction sector. Its core business is both full-scale construction and window installation in new and renovated buildings. The partner has ensured knowledge transfer of the new product during the project implementation: 1) thermal modelling of the wooden/aluminium window profile system; 2) thermal insulation and air/water leakage testing; 3) life cycle calculations of the new product based on test results, material supply chain data provided by SIA KDW Werke Baltics In addition, the partner has provided advice, according to its competence, on the achievement of the expected quality characteristics of the new product in order to ensure compliance with the above standards. The project partner, working together with the applicant, gained new knowledge related to the quality and installation requirements of windows in passive houses. In the long term, both companies are planning to continue their cooperation by Verda Bygg AS, which is starting to offer the new wooden/aluminium windows of SIA KDW WERKE Baltics in their construction projects, thus expanding their range of windows.
Project partners
- Verda Bygg AS Donor project partner· Norway