Doors & Windows: Portals to the future

28 Apr 2021 CW Staff

The need for more daylight, ventilation, outdoor air and sound insulation assumed greater importance during the course of the pandemic, resulting in increased investment in innovation.

When the pandemic hit India last year customers started looking for optimising costs, and the increased time spent at home changed buyer preferences for doors and windows. Innovation and value assumed greater importance.

Is standardisation the key to bringing in efficiency?

This was one of the central questions of the Construction World Virtual Round Table Conference on “Doors & Windows”, held recently.

Participants included the captains of the Doors & Windows industry and discussed how have designs adapted to Covid-19 pandemic? How does digitalisation affect the cost of the product?

Shyam Raghunandan, Managing Director, Schueco India
Prashanth BK, Senior General Manager, Prestige Estates
Kanhai Gandhi, Partner, KNS Architects
GK Venkatesh, Promoter, Nemcon Facade Consult
Dr hc Mario Schmidt, Managing Director, Lingel Windows and Doors and President, uPVC Window and Door Manufacturers Association (UWDMA)

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