FTC Cracks Down on Windows' Energy-Efficiency Claims

FTC Cracks Down on Windows' Energy-Efficiency Claims

The FTC says Gorrell claimed that its Thermal Master III windows were likely to achieve residential energy savings of 40% or save 40% on home heating and cooling costs.

FTC Cracks Down on Windows' Energy-Efficiency Claims

Long Windows, the FTC statement says, claimed that the Serious Energy Quantum 2 windows with SuperPak glass would result in "50% Energy Savings Guaranteed."

FTC Cracks Down on Windows' Energy-Efficiency Claims

Serious Energy, the FTC says, provided its dealers with marketing materials that included claims such as, "Guaranteed to reduce your heating and cooling use by up to 49%."

FTC Cracks Down on Windows' Energy-Efficiency Claims

The FTC complaint had said THV Holdings' telemarketing sales scripts represented that its replacement windows will "cut energy bills in half" and that homeowners would see up to a 55% reduction in monthly energy bills.

FTC Cracks Down on Windows' Energy-Efficiency Claims

Winchester Industries, says the FTC, claimed that consumers who bought its Bristol windows would reduce energy costs by between 47% and 50% a year.

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