New discount store format will save energy
2nd February 2016

Steel and aluminium glazing supplier WRIGHTSTYLE has helped to complete Lidl’s first new concept shop in Northern Ireland, Banbridge, Co Down, where the discount retailer aims to save 20-30% on standard electricity costs.

Wrightstyle supplied 220 square metres of fire rated curtain walling to its customer Lynch Windows Ltd of Co. Donegal for the external glazed facade of the facility.

The glazing elements were fixed in a double format mullion configuration to meet aesthetic requirements, and were required to seamlessly integrate with other non-fire rated screens. The green credentials of the store extend inwards from the external glazed elements with, for example, warmth from refrigerators being recycled.

“It underlines how glass and glazing systems can play an important part in energy conservation – both by letting heat from the sun in, and preventing it escaping,” said Lee Coates, Wrightstyle’s technical director. Importantly, while our systems can effectively and cost-efficiently help to regulate internal temperatures inside large offices and retail facilities, they do so without compromising on their primary safety functions.”

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