Knowledge
is Power
Did you know
that your home can be a greater source of pollution than
your car? In fact, 16% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
are generated from the energy used in houses
nationwide.
Energy used in
our homes often comes from the burning of fossil fuels
at power plants, which contributes to smog, acid rain
and global warming. Simply put, the less energy we use
in our homes, the less air pollution we generate.
WINDOWS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF ENERGY
According to
recent studies conducted by the U.S. Department of
Energy windows and doors together account for 70% of
your heating load and 46% of your cooling load.
Windows may be your home’s biggest cause of energy
loss. You lose three times as much energy through
the glass in your windows as you lose from leakage
around the frames and sash. So, though you
conscientiously caulk and weather-strip all your
windows, you still will lose energy through them in two
other ways:
1. Conduction
or the direct transmission of heat through your window
panes.
2.
Radiation is the movement of energy through space.
Windows store heat and radiate it
to the outside, or to the inside, as appropriate.
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Energy Saving window films
literally bounce away nearly 80% of the heat normally
transmitted by the sun into your home through your
windows.
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Blinds and
draperies block the sun’s light, but absorb its heat
and re-radiate it into the room. This radiant heat input
may be 15 times greater than the heat being conducted
from the warm outside air.
Clear glass (including
double pane/insulating glass) permits almost all of the
sun’s radiant heat to enter. Dye only tinted glass
absorbs part of this heat and re-radiates it to the
outside air. But when it is hot outdoors and there is no
breeze to carry away the absorbed heat, the protection
from dye only tinted glass drops very low, just when you
need it most. Much of this heat movement can be
prevented by the use of Energy Saving window films.
The
most effective way to manage the amount of unwanted
solar heat gain that enters your home is to block it
before it gets in. They also reduce the loss of window heat
during the summer, easing the operating load on your air
conditioning unit.
Energy Saving window films reduce
energy costs by 25 to 30%, products will pay for
themselves.
Learn More about what you can do
and GO
Green!
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U.S.
Department of Energy
