Annual energy cost savings, through the replacement and improvement of windows, are seen at more than 450 million lei (EUR105.4 million), the company added.
The company estimates that windows were replaced in more than 220,000 households nationwide in the first half of the year, with renovation costs reaching more than EUR154 million. The volume of works was higher than 2.2 million sqm of thermal insulation glass.
For the second half of the year, the company expects another 290,000 apartments to undergo renovation, with a volume of more than 2.9 million sqm of glass. The value of works is expected to overshoot EUR200 million.
Last year, Saint-Gobain Glass Romania delivered windows replacement glass for over 225,000 apartments and it expects deliveries to target some 250,000 apartments in 2011. (EUR1=RON4.2669)