Aug 23, 2013 | Advice, All Articles, Energy Efficiency
It’s a beautiful winter’s day in Brisbane (Australia) today: blue skies, 23C with a breeze blowing from the west. Unlike most other office workers around the city today, I can actually feel the breeze. It’s not because I’m working outside though, it’s because the air...
Aug 9, 2013 | Advice, All Articles, Energy Efficiency
“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) The energy efficiency of a building is influenced by many different design aspects. Orientation, insulation, ventilation, shading, sealing and building...
May 23, 2013 | All Articles, Energy Efficiency, News
A new video on Hurricane Yasi (i.e. Cyclone Yasi in Australia) is now available to watch on the video page of the Breezway website. Breezway Louver Windows seal tight to withstand positive and negative wind pressures (of up to 180m/hr) such as those experienced during...
Oct 22, 2012 | All Articles, Energy Efficiency, News
The latest Breezway video highlights the contribution that ventilation makes to the energy efficiency of a building and compares the percentage of the overall window area of various window types that can be opened to allow ventilation. As any louver lover would know,...
Sep 5, 2012 | All Articles, Energy Efficiency, News
At Breezway, we believe buildings should be designed to work with nature, rather than being sealed up and fighting against it. This short video provides many great examples on how Breezway Louver Windows can be incorporated into residential designs to create a...
Aug 10, 2012 | All Articles, Energy Efficiency, News
Naturally ventilated office buildings have sparked a lot of interest lately. Breezway has taken the initiative to produce a new video on the Breezway Head Office (in Australia) as a professional case study example of how using natural ventilation in a commerical...