Hi,

My name is David Degling, and I’ve been interested in energy conservation since my days in High School in the 1970′s.  The Arab Oil Embargo really made a big impression on me then, and Oil troubles are really making an impression on all of us now. Back then my thinking was rather crude (no pun intended), how can I keep from getting screwed by the Arabs and Big Oil? My personal answer was to use less, not by shivering in the dark, but by being smart about how I used energy. I drove smaller vehicles that got the best gas mileage I could find. I drove a pick up truck, but it was an S-10 so it got 20 mpg instead of a full size that got 12 mpg. I found that you don’t have to suffer or compromise your lifestyle to save energy, with good decisions you can live a great life and be green!

My first house in 1981 was new and had wood double hung windows with thermopane glass.  I thought I did well until that 1st winter I discovered that the windows whistled in the wind! Candles would get blown out! What to do? I was way too cheap to even think of replacing the windows…they were brand new! I did some research at the library (this was before the internet!) and found out about magnetic inside storms. I made some and they worked OK until the wind really blew and they would pop off on your head! There had to be a better way.

It wasn’t until 1991 that I found that better way. I went to a franchise & opportunity show in Hartford CT and discovered The Alternative Window Company. They were looking to set up franchises to make their Spring Loaded Compression Interior Storm. I had never seen anything like this, it was so simple yet so tight, and it was glass! I became their 1st franchisee and because I liked it so much, I bought the  company.