Triple-Glazed PVC Windows Ranking 2022 – The Best Energy-Efficient PVC Windows

This window ranking was created to tell you what PVC windows you should choose when buying investment windows, if you run a construction company. Regardless of whether you are looking for the cheapest windows, the highest quality or the optimal price-quality ratio of the product. A detailed discussion later in the article.

Window ranking – table of contents:

• Ranking of energy-saving PVC windows – what do we compare?
• Triple-glazed PVC windows at the lowest price
• Energy-saving PVC windows of the highest quality
• Triple-glazed PVC windows – the best value for money
• Triple-glazed PVC windows with the lowest folding of the sash and frame
• The warmest energy-saving PVC windows
• Ranking of window manufacturers from Poland
• PVC windows – the best fittings
• PVC windows with a thin weld
• The most complete PVC window system
• Detailed comparison of triple-glazed PVC windows (TABLE)
• Ranking of three-glazed windows – methodology

In the rankings of energy-saving PVC profiles, we compare finished products.

The debesto.com analysis department has checked for you and your company’s customers the best energy-saving windows of the following brands: Gealan, Veka, Rehau, Salamander, Wital, Decco, Aluplast, Schuco.

For the purposes of comparison, we chose the most popular window color on the market today: double sided anthracite.

All windows are standard equipped with:

• 3 panes Ug = 0.5 with a warm spacer
• the warmest PVC profiles on the market
• 3 gaskets between the frame and the sash
• aluminum handles
• undersill trims
• blockade of incorrect position of the handle

In a word – by spending a few minutes reading our energy-saving PVC windows test, you save several dozen hours of tedious valuations, comparisons and corrections. You will use the time saved to obtain new orders for your company.

The cheapest energy-saving PVC windows in 2022 are Salamander bluEvolution 82. The test set costs 2 812 EUR.

We only included PVC windows that meet our strict minimum quality criteria in the ranking. It is an economical but safe shelf. By purchasing windows from this category, you will get the perfect utility windows, for tenders, for industry and economical, energy-saving construction.

This is also how, in a nutshell, you can describe the PVC windows on the Salamander BluEvolution 82 profile, which won this ranking. Proven fittings, top thermal parameters make it difficult to stick to something “on paper” and in most situations – especially when every 1 euro plays a role – it will be a good economic choice.

Suggested alternative: Gealan Linear

If your client is looking for windows that will provide more light. As a window joinery broker, we recommend the Gealan Linear system. Compared to the winner of the category, the sash + frame folded lower by 13 mm (123 mm vs 110 mm).

Linear is a system that also impresses with its design. It is deceptively similar to aluminum windows and is very often used in projects where PVC and aluminum windows are combined.

The most affordable PVC windows – TABLE

The best triple-glazed PVC windows in our ranking are Gealan 9000, which obtained the best number of points (14).

The leading positions in this category are the highest level of standard energy-saving joinery in the class of 3 gaskets and 3 panes. The best of the best energy-saving standard PVC windows. For customers looking for products from the top league – with less appetite for savings.

The winner was a set on Gealan 9000 window profiles. A product that has practically everything that windows of this class should have. From excellent energy efficiency, through reliable fittings from Siegenia, a thin V-Perfect thread weld, to the lowest in the ranking sash and frame folding height.

At Gealan 9000 we will make windows, balcony doors (with a standard threshold, low, sloping), HS sliding windows or panel doors. It is also worth mentioning the additional advantages of the Gealan 9000 system, not included in the ranking. The first is the technology of glued STV glass, the second is the innovative acrylcolor technology.

Behind Gealan 9000 there are Gealan Linear and Rehau Synego 80. Both Linear and Rehau lose 1 point to the leader for a slightly worse Uw factor. Although Rehau offers more options in terms of additional profiles and accessories, it is second to Gealans in terms of folding height.

The best triple-glazed PVC windows – TABLE

Gealan Linear turned out to be the best in the comparison of triple-glazed PVC windows in the “quality/price” category.

The representative of the German group Veka also wins in this category. Like in the past Skoda in the Volkswagen group, in the window industry Gealan shows how to deliver quality that does not have to be paid for. It is simply a proven, optimal choice in almost any situation.

The second place for Gealan 9000, about which we have already written extensively in the quality category. The difference here is primarily the better Uw = 0.73 (Linear Uw = 0.78). However, for this difference you have to pay about 9% more than in the case of Linear, which is worth taking into account when talking to the client.

If the budget is more important in the “quality/price” slogan, it is worth considering systems from third place on the podium.

The third place in terms of the ratio of the quality to the price of the finished product was taken by Salamander bluEvolution 82, which we recommended in the comparison of the cheapest triple-glazed windows. Despite the low price, you will get a branded, full-value product, additionally equipped with Siegenia Titan fittings and a thin weld.

Three-glazed PVC windows quality / price – TABLE

Why is it so important?

The lower the folding height, the more natural light that enters the room through the glass. The higher folding height means a smaller glass area. A window with a larger frame and a smaller pane area looks less aesthetic.

Minimalist, narrow-frame windows are currently the leading trend in the world, which can also be seen in the offers of system providers. Like other industries, the window also tends towards the smallest possible frames (including hidden sashes and low folds), you combine better aesthetics with greater usability.

PVC windows with the lowest folding sash + frame – TABLE

How important is it in practice?

We checked how it can translate into real savings for your clients. There are many energy calculators available on the web – we used the one at www.oszczednydom.pl.

For the test set of windows with an area of approx. 20 m2, differences at the level of 0.01-0.05 bring savings of a dozen or so zlotys per year (!). From an economic point of view, this is not a significant difference. The money spent on a more expensive system with a Uw warmer of 0.05 will probably never pay off.

The situation is different if you have a tender requirement with a clearly defined heat transfer coefficient for the windows. Only for this need, we present a list of the warmest window systems with price and score.

The warmest energy-saving PVC windows – TABLE

All products in the ranking of warm PVC windows use the highest quality fittings that will provide your customer with comfortable service and you will not have to go to complaints and regulations, which will save time and money.

The most important thing for you, however, is the information that as many as seven out of nine systems are equipped with Siegenia Titan AF hardware, modern and, in the opinion of debesto.com, the most refined hardware system you will find on the market. The exceptions are Decco 83 and Ideal 8000, with Maco Multi-Matic and Gealan Linear with Winkhaus ActivPilot Concept.

What distinguishes Siegenia fittings?

They are distinguished by the KoPiBo rotary roller, which, regardless of the size of the window and anti-theft points, guarantees light and smooth operation of the window, because it automatically positions itself up, down and rotates – reducing the friction between the anti-theft points and the roller. Which will provide your customers with the highest comfort of everyday use of the window. It is an additional 0.5 points from us.