Windows dramatically affect the energy efficiency of your home and the size of your utility bills. In Texas and other southern climates, poor quality windows contribute to high cooling bills, faded carpet and furnishings, and uncomfortable "hot spots" in the house.
Savings Benefits
- Cooling and Heating Season Savings
- Cooling Season Savings
- Heating Season Savings
- Lower Mechanical Equipment Costs
Continue to more detailed discussions of Savings Benefits...
Other Benefits
- Improved Daylight and View - New glazings with low-solar-gain low-E (spectrally selective) coatings can reduce solar heat gain significantly with a minimal loss of visible light compared to older tints and films. Larger percentages of glazing are possible when using these new technologies and views through them are now even clearer and less unobstructed.
- Improved Comfort - In summer and winter occupant comfort is increased. Window temperatures are more moderate and there are fewer cold drafts. Discomfort from strong summer sunlight is reduced.
- Reducing Condensation - Frame and glazing materials that resist heat conduction do not become cold, which results in less condensation.
- Reducing Fading - Coatings on glass or plastic films within the window assembly can significantly reduce the ultraviolet (UV) and other solar radiation which causes fading of fabrics and furnishings.
- Environmental Benefits - Some additional environmental benefits that can be attributed to High Performance Windows include the following:
- Improve air quality
- Burn less fossil fuel for heating and cooling
- Reduce dependence on foreign oil
- Keep the planet green for future generations
- Reduce generation of greenhouse gases to avoid potential climate change
- Lessen need for costly new power plants
