Technical Papers
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HGTv's "Green Building: Windows" Website
HGTv has compiled some of the most important criteria for choosing energy-saving windows on their "Green Building: Windows" Web site. Click here to download a printable document of their look at green windows in PDF format (304K) that you can take to the jobsite or share with your clients.
Software Tools
LBNL Software
- RESFEN Version 5.0
- A PC program for calculating the heating and cooling energy use of windows in residential buildings
- WINDOW
- for analyzing window thermal and optical performance
- THERM
- for analyzing two-dimensional heat transfer through building products
- Optics5
- for analyzing optical properties of glazing systems
- International Glazing Database
- Optical data for glazing products used by WINDOW 5.2 and Optics5.1 including NFRC approved products.
- Software Version Overview and Compatibility
- A table listing the currently downloadable programs showing the versions that are compatible with each other.
Other Windows-related software
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