ENERGY STAR-qualified windows, doors, and skylights save you energy and
money, increase the comfort of your home, and protect your valuable
possessions from sun damage.
Highly energy efficient windows are also better for the environment because lowering your energy use means less air pollution from power plants.
Improved Window Technologies for Energy Efficiency
ENERGY STAR-qualified windows lowers energy bills and saves you money over single-paned and even new double-paned, clear-glass windows. Thanks to a host of new technologies, ENERGY STAR-qualified windows, doors, and skylights keep your home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, making you more comfortable.
Improved window frame materials such as wood composites, vinyl and fiberglass reduce heat transfer and improve insulation performance.
Multiple panes of glass with a air or gas-filled space between provides insulation. Some Energy Star-qualified windows include three or more panes for even greater energy efficiency, increased impact resistance and sound insulation.
Low-E glass has special coatings that reflect infrared light, keeps heat inside in winter and outside in summer. They also reflect damaging ultraviolet light -- which has the added benefit of protecting your furnishings and fabrics from fading.
Gas fills such as argon, krypton and other safe gases can be sandwiched between the panes to provide a non-toxic insulation that performs better than regular air.
Warm edge spacers keep a window's glass panes the correct distance apart. Warm edge spacers made of steel, foam, fiberglass or vinyl, reduce heat flow and prevent condensation.
And that's why the anatomy of an Energy Star-rated windows is even better than your standard double pane window!
You can learn more about Energy Star window benefits at ... Energy Star -- one of the best government research and education programs ever developed (in my humble opinion!).
Highly energy efficient windows are also better for the environment because lowering your energy use means less air pollution from power plants.
Improved Window Technologies for Energy Efficiency
ENERGY STAR-qualified windows lowers energy bills and saves you money over single-paned and even new double-paned, clear-glass windows. Thanks to a host of new technologies, ENERGY STAR-qualified windows, doors, and skylights keep your home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, making you more comfortable.
Improved window frame materials such as wood composites, vinyl and fiberglass reduce heat transfer and improve insulation performance.
Multiple panes of glass with a air or gas-filled space between provides insulation. Some Energy Star-qualified windows include three or more panes for even greater energy efficiency, increased impact resistance and sound insulation.
Low-E glass has special coatings that reflect infrared light, keeps heat inside in winter and outside in summer. They also reflect damaging ultraviolet light -- which has the added benefit of protecting your furnishings and fabrics from fading.
Gas fills such as argon, krypton and other safe gases can be sandwiched between the panes to provide a non-toxic insulation that performs better than regular air.
Warm edge spacers keep a window's glass panes the correct distance apart. Warm edge spacers made of steel, foam, fiberglass or vinyl, reduce heat flow and prevent condensation.
And that's why the anatomy of an Energy Star-rated windows is even better than your standard double pane window!
You can learn more about Energy Star window benefits at ... Energy Star -- one of the best government research and education programs ever developed (in my humble opinion!).
