The property’s convenient location came with a downside. It is adjacent to two of New York’s busiest freeways—and with freeways comes noise. The development’s ultimate challenge was how to keep the large amount of glass essential to buildings’ architecture, without compromising the comfort and quiet of the residents’ homes. RXR found their answer at Andersen.
The Andersen Commercial Group provided a solution using our
E-Series casement windows and
hinged patio doors. Because
Andersen® E-Series products are highly customizable, they can accommodate a wide range of glass thicknesses, allowing the space between the panes of glass could be specially configured. Working with this rare combination of variable features, Andersen was able to determine the optimum permutation for disrupting the sound waves and achieve a remarkably low Outdoor Indoor Transmission Class (OITC) value of 35.
“The E-Series windows performed outstanding. Higher than our expectations,” Graziose told us. “I think we hit a homerun here.”
