- Author
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Treado, S.
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Barnett, J.
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Kusuda, T.
- Title
- Energy and Cost Evaluation of Solar Window Film Use in an Office Building. Technical Note (Final).
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS TN 1174
March 1983
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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office buildings; windows; cooling load; heating load; guidelines; cost effectiveness; temperature gradients
- Identifiers
- solar films; energy conservation; passive solar cooling systems; computer applications; DOE-2 computer program; life cycle costs
- Abstract
- The impact of solar window film utilization on building HVAC system loads, energy consumption and costs, is examined for a typical office building. The evaluation includes characterization and measurement of important film properties, performance of single-glazing window systems with and without film, simulation of annual building energy performance using the DOE-2 computer program, and a life-cycle cost analysis. Six window film options are compared to clear glass performance for seven climatic regions throughout the United States.