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Movable insulation. A guide to reducing heating and cooling losses through the windows in your home

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OSTI ID:6586566
A typical house loses 25 to 30% of its heat through windows, and a house with large windows may lose as much as 50%. Numerous movable-insulation systems that will cut the heat loss through windows in half are described. Chapters are: The Energy-Responsive Dwelling, Past to Present; Window Heat Losses and Gains; Enhanced Glazing Systems; Choosing a Window-Insulation Design for Your Home; Pop-In Shutters; Thermal Curtains - Blankets that Fold; Thermal Shades - Blankets that Roll; Thermal Shutters and Folding Screens; Insulation Between Glazing and Interior Louvers; Exterior Hinged and Sliding Shutters; Sun-Shading Screens; Exterior Roll Shutters; Shutters for Skylights; Shutters for Clerestory Windows; Interior Greenhouse Insulation Systems; Exterior Insulation for Greenhouses; Movable Insulation to Assist Passive Space Heating; and Movable Insulation to Assist Solar Water Heaters. Appendices include the following: insulated shade and shutter construction; the economics of window insulation; movable insulation products, hardware, and components; further technical information; and design sources. (MCW)
OSTI ID:
6586566
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
AIR INFILTRATION
APPLIANCES
BUILDING CODES
BUILDINGS
COATINGS
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
ECONOMICS
ENERGY LOSSES
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EQUIPMENT
GLAZES
GLAZING MATERIALS
GREENHOUSES
HEAT GAIN
HEAT LOSSES
HEATERS
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOUSES
LOSSES
MATERIALS
OPENINGS
PASSIVE SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
R FACTORS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
SHUTTERS
SKYLIGHTS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SUN SHADES
THERMAL INSULATION
U VALUES
WATER HEATERS
WINDOWS