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“Our aim with this Plan Renove is to facilitate the replacement of ancient windows or that do not have a thermal sensors isolation and/or acoustic suitable”

Interview to Julián Serradilla, president of Asoven PVC

David Muñoz12/02/2013

On 11 February, it signed in Alcalá de Henares the agreement that sets up the new Plan Renove of the Community of Madrid for the installation of windows of PVC with glasses of thermal sensors isolation reinforced (more information on the act in east link). We take advantage of the presentation to interview to the president of Asoven PVC, Julián Serradilla, and know at first hand the peculiarities of this Plan and how can contribute this to the reflation of the market.

We imagine that measured like this new Plan Renove of windows in the Community of Madrid are important for dinamizar the sector, is not like this?

Sure enough. Habida Explains of what has sucedido with previous plans consider that this type of initiatives encourage to all those interested in changing his windows to give the step, and this is key in a moment like the current where the consumption shows clear symptoms of atony. The people takes advantage of this type of incentives to save no only in the price of the new windows that wants to install in his houses, but also thinking on a long-term basis in the profits that will obtain in matter of energetic efficiency.

Julián Serradilla, president of Asoven PVC.

This new Plan Renove enters like peculiarity that does not carry contribution of public funds, but the helps are generated by the own companies of the sector of carpentry of PVC.

Like this is. The incentives of until 110 euros by each m² of installed glass are contributed by the manufacturers and by the distributors of windows. Besides, there is another type of incentives that are contributed by the supplying companies of raw materials, that consists in 8 euros/m² of installed glass, and that they are allocated to the gestión, advertising…

Taking into account the situation that crosses the new construction, is focused this new Plan especially to the rehabilitation/reforms of buildings?

Our aim with this Plan Renove is to facilitate the replacement of ancient windows or that do not have a thermal sensors isolation and/or acoustic suitable. Therefore, it is thought fundamentally for the rehabilitation of houses. We appreciate that the Administration is involved in the rehabilitation of buildings, but does it especially in the envolvente when the true is that the window plays a fundamental paper in the isolation.

The previous Plan Renove, that corresponded to the period 2010-2011, having some subsidies of 4,6 million euros generated activities by value of 22 million euros (6.705 performances, 32.632 windows substituted and 43.082 m² of glass). Which forecasts there is for this new Plan?

When being endowed with 2.062.500 euros, the half that the previous, consider that it will be able to generate roughly 50% of the attained by the one of 2010-2011, although it is true that, unlike the of two years ago that was allocated to all type of windows (wood, aluminium, PVC…), this is exclusively for PVC.

They are extrapolables this type of measures to other CC AA? it is working From the Association in this sense?

Yes, in fact have news of other two autonomous communities, Castile-La Mancha and Extremadura, that have showed interested in knowing in depth this Plan Renove to do the same in his regions. Galicia, Catalonia… can be the following.

Intervention of Julián Serradilla, president of Asoven PVC. Behind, of left to right: Isabel Larrea, director of Asoven PVC, Ignacio González, president of the Community of Madrid, Javier Beautiful, mayor of Alcalá de Henares, and Carlos López Jimeno, general director of Industry.

Which situation crosses the window of PVC in Spain? it is seeing Dragged by the crisis?

The situation is really regrettable. The new work had a very high implication in this market since it covered 80% of the demand of windows. When falling this to limits so low, practically all the workshops have centred in the rehabilitation, until the point that I would dare me to ensure that they have invested the percentages, occupying already the rehabilitation 80% of our activity.

Regarding the closing of PVC, the market has fallen around 48% from the 2007. And if it has not fallen more it has been because the PVC always has been more present in the rehabilitation that in the new work. In Spain, in the construction of new buildings, has worked more, traditionally, with the aluminium, especially with sliding windows that do not fulfil with the requirements of thermal sensors and acoustic insulation and that, proof of this, have had to be reinforced to the little time by double windows. All this does that the closing of PVC was suffering less the crisis that the one of aluminium.

But it keeps on being the aluminium the first type of closing in Spain?

Yes, mainly because still, and in spite of everything, the new work goes on doing in aluminium. But what also is evident is that the PVC has won participation in the market of the closing in these last years. It is necessary to take into account that in other regions of Europe, like Germany or France, the PVC enjoys of greater percentages.

New Plan Renove of windows of PVC in the Community of Madrid

The Plan Renove of windows of PVC with maximum energetic efficiency has like aim the economic reflation of the sector. It is centred in windows whose thermal sensors transmittance (Or) of the gap was lower or the same to 1,5 W/m².K And double acristalamiento thermal sensors reinforced and with solar factor (g) equal or inferior to 0,50. The drawer of persiana will be of maximum provision with permeabilidad to the air class 4. The enclosures will be perimetrales so much of active leaf like passive, improving no only the thermal sensors and acoustic insulation but also the hygiene. It goes to realise a setting that fulfil the best standards of quality applying in 100% of the cases and in the quantity adapted the foams and sealed perimetrales pertinent. With a classification of profile for severe climate.