Linetec’s “Green” Finishes Enhance
Earth-Friendly, Energy-Saving Polywood Shutters
 

Wausau, Wis. (January 2006) – Linetec, the nation’s largest independent high-performance architectural metals finishing company, provides Polywood Shutters an architectural grade baked-on paint finish. These coatings and Linetec’s environmental practices also contribute to architects’ sustainable building considerations and to projects seeking the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® certification.

“Not only do people want earth-friendly and energy efficient projects, but they are demanding them like never before,” says Nate Timms, architect and project manager at IBI Group in Salt Lake City. “Clients are really leading the charge when it comes to green design and sustainability in design and architects are trying to stay one step ahead by finding new products and concepts to work into our projects. It’s a delicate balance between finding the right product and creating a project that meets the industry standard of sustainability.”

Windows can be one of the best places to save energy. One such product is from Sunburst Shutters, the nation’s largest retailer of interior shutters. The company’s top selling product is The Polywood Shutter®, an interior plantation shutter used by both commercial and residential designers. Polywood, an engineered wood substitute, has the appearance of wood without the problems commonly associated with wood such as cracking, warping, splitting or fading.

Some “green” products are manufactured in a way that protects the environment from pollution and waste, while others conserve energy and save valuable resources: Polywood shutters are both. “In making a wood shutter, more than 50 percent of a tree is wasted before it even gets to your window,” explains Dix Jarman, CEO of Sunburst Shutters. “The Polywood shutter is made from a recyclable synthetic material and a by-product of natural gas – not a petroleum-based product – making it far more earth-friendly than other shutters.” Third-party thermal conductivity research comparing the energy efficiency of Polywood shutters to that of wood shutters and aluminum mini-blinds found that Polywood shutters are 70 percent more energy efficient than wood shutters and 1,600 percent more energy efficient than aluminum mini-blinds.

Boston resident David Mintz installed Sunburst’s Polywood shutters throughout his entire house and has since witnessed a significant drop in his heating and cooling bills. “Bottom line, Polywood shutters have been an amazing investment for our home,” said Mintz. “We have had them for the past two winters, and we spent approximately 20 percent less on heating bills each year. Plus they are a beautiful addition to every room of the house – we even installed them on our basement windows.”

Available for any shape window, Polywood Shutters are offered with either smooth or textured louvers and finished by Linetec in three standard colors – white, off-white and snow white – or custom colors. To request samples and more information about Linetec’s finishes, please e-mail sales@linetec.com, call (888) 717-1472, or learn more by visiting the company’s online Architectural Reference Center at www.linetec.com.

For more information on Polywood Shutters, visit www.polywoodshutters.com or call (888) 546-3832.
 

Linetec is one of the nation’s largest paint and anodize finishers, and the largest independent architectural finisher. Located in Wisconsin, the company serves customers across the country through a national trucking network and offers 500,000-square-feet of capacity for finishing such products as aluminum windows, wall systems, doors, hardware and other architectural metal components, as well as automotive, marine and manufactured consumer goods.

For more information on Linetec, please contact us at sales@linetec.com or call     (888) 717-1472.