If you are looking at staying in your home for at least 10 years, Triple glazed windows are a great option to consider. Besides saving your more on you energy bill every year, they will give you GREATER COMFORT, eliminating hot or cold spots, NOT TO mention eliminating most if not all outside NOISE! BE SURE to also consider the WARRANTY when choosing your windows. Wood windows are not nearly as energy efficient as high end vinyl AND they do NOT have nearly as good a warranty, oh and by the way wood windows are usually at least TWICE the price of LOW MAINTENANCE high quality VINYL WINDOWS. ALSO, you can now get high quality vinyl windows in ANY EXTERIOR COLOR, you desire!!!