We kept hearing the same thing from uPVC makers lately: you know your product performs — but you’re not quite sure how to work with an independent lab, or what we actually do for you. Fair enough. So here it is, plainly.
AFRC Lab is an independent, product‑neutral lab. We don’t supply windows and we don’t compete with you — we generate the performance data you use to prove your systems meet the Code. Put simply: we provide the verification data; you achieve the certification. Your systems, your suppliers and your customers stay yours. We just bring the proof.
What we actually prove
BTW models your actual installed window to ISO 15099 — Uw, SHGC, Tvis. A WERS alternative that reports your window and size, not a generic one.
TIRS establishes the Mould Index on the junction that governs — the certifier‑ready condensation evidence the Code now asks for.
The fire‑engineered Performance Solution pathway for uPVC in Class 2 buildings, delivered with our accredited fire partners.
Rw / Ctr sound data and embodied‑carbon figures when a project — or a spec — calls for them.
The window‑to‑wall install mapped, trained and certified with Optiseal — airtight, weatherproof and documented. Because the junction is where performance is won or lost, and a compliant window badly installed is a non‑compliant building.
How it works — four simple steps
Your system at a real project size — or a window you’ve already rated. We’ll model the first one free, so you can see the result before anything else.
The actual installed window to ISO 15099 — real size, your frames and glass — for the true Uw, SHGC and a condensation screen. Not a generic catalogue size.
Certifier‑ready evidence: Section J energy, F8 / H4 condensation (Mould Index), and the fire / Class 2 pathway where it’s needed — numbers your clients and certifiers can rely on.
Your independent performance‑evidence partner from there on, so “compliant” becomes something you can show, not just say. No lock‑in, no change to how you run your business.
Your systems, your suppliers and your customers stay yours — we just bring the proof.
Send us your first window.
Pick one you’d like the numbers on — we’ll model it free and send the result back, so you can see exactly what the evidence looks like. Member to member.
Send us one window →About AFRC Lab. AFRC Lab (Advanced Fenestration Research & Certification) is an independent fenestration consultancy and a member of the uPVC Windows Alliance. It is not the AFRC and is not affiliated with WERS or the Australian Fenestration Rating Council. We provide verification data and modelling; where testing or certification is required it is delivered through our accredited specialist partners. Project‑specific thermal simulation to ISO 15099 / NFRC 100, with condensation assessed via the Mould Index (TIRS); modelled results are indicative to the systems and sizes provided, and final NCC compliance is confirmed by your assessor or certifier. BTW™ and TIRS™ are trademarks of AFRC Lab Pty Ltd (patent pending).