Residential Windows 3e: A Guide To New Technologies And Energy Performance

John Carmody

W. W. Norton & Company, Jun 26, 2007 - Architecture - 247 pages

The third edition of Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance provides updated and expanded information on window properties and technologies, as well as new sections on such key topics as window installation, energy efficiency, and building codes.

For this latest edition, all of the energy performance data have been revised, based on the latest simulation techniques and industry-accepted assumptions. Residential Windows provides an overview of new window products for consumers, designers, and builders, as well as regulators, standards developers, utilities, and the researchers, manufacturers, and suppliers in the window industry itself. It is an essential resource for anyone considering purchasing or installing new windows.

Contents

• Acknowledgments: 5
• Windows Properties: 29
• Window Glazing Materials: 72
• The Complete Window Assembly: 118
• Window Installation: 136
• Design Implications with EnergyEfficient Windows: 147
• 9: 154
• 12222222: 169
• Energy Performance and Cost Considerations: 174
• Energy Performance Calculation Assumptions: 211
• Specifying Product Performance: 217
• Codes and Standards: 224
• References: 234
• Index: 243
• BRUNN fwww: 244

About the author

John Carmody, professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota, has coauthored ten books, including Window Systems for High Performance Buildings.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Residential Windows 3e: A Guide To New Technologies And Energy Performance
• Author: John Carmody
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
• ISBN: 0393732258, 9780393732252
• Length: 247 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation; Architecture / General; Architecture / Study & Teaching; House & Home / Design & Construction; House & Home / General; Technology & Engineering / Construction / General; Technology & Engineering / Construction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning