ASHRAE Heat Loss Sources
ASHRAE Standard 90
Windows are considered responsible for more than 50% of a building's heat loss by the industry Standard 90 developed by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
Introducing Power*e™ Glass Windows
The cost of glass windows in a building is unavoidable. However, windows - even double paned insulated windows - are the weak link in a building’s insulation. Everyone talks about saving energy, but windows are responsible for a commercial or residential building's largest energy loss and consequent cause of human discomfort.
The window and heating industries have not solved this problem. Double paned and triple paned window units, films, low-e glass, electric baseboard heaters, forced air heaters, and hot water radiant systems are used. However, none of these effectively reduce the building heat costs, losses, drafts and discomfort caused by this window energy loss.
New LEED standards developed by the U.S. Green Building Council provide conflicting guidelines for environmentally sustainable construction. On the one hand, they recommend more efficient heating and higher performance building exteriors with smaller fewer windows. On the other hand, they recommend more natural daylighting which means more windows.
Power*e™ Glass solves these problems simply by creating windows that insulate and heat by increasing the temperature of the entire inside glass pane with safe low-voltage electric power. Power*e™ Glass windows are enhanced industry standard two pane insulated glass units. Unlike other systems, however, they create an efficient thermal barrier at the windows - the point of a building's greatest heat loss - which for the first time enables more efficient heating, higher performance building exteriors and more natural daylighting.
Power*e™ Glass means Green Technology
Power*e™ Glass creates a "thermal curtain" that eliminates 100% of a building's heat loss through the heated Power*e™ Glass because the glass temperature is higher than the room temperature. Independent tests confirmed that 85% of the Power*e™ Glass energy heats the room regardless of the outside temperature and that the Power*e™ Glass uses up to 40% less power than conventional heating systems.
Power*e™ Glass:
• eliminates or reduces the size and need for other heating systems
• improves comfort by increasing the radiant heat in the interior space
• enables lower room air temperatures without losing comfort - meaning additional operating savings
• insulates the interior against outside heat during warmer months
• eliminates condensation and fogging on windows.
Additionally, Power*e™ Glass is designed to be used with low voltage electricity. This means that Power*e™ Glass can be powered by solar power and other renewable energy resources.
There is no magic regarding these Power*e™ Glass claims. The Power*e™ Glass uses 15% of the input power to provide its insulating, heating and other benefits. However, these benefits combine to offset this power loss and to make the Power*e™ Glass practically 100% efficient.
Why not use windows that do more for you?
Power*e™ Glass windows and units can be placed where needed in exterior or interior locations. They can be integrated into windows, walls, interior partitions and other architectural products and can be installed into new construction or retrofitted into existing buildings.
The cost of glass windows in a building is unavoidable. However, windows - even double paned insulated windows - are the weak link in a building’s insulation. Everyone talks about saving energy, but windows are responsible for a commercial or residential building's largest energy loss and consequent cause of human discomfort.
The window and heating industries have not solved this problem. Double paned and triple paned window units, films, low-e glass, electric baseboard heaters, forced air heaters, and hot water radiant systems are used. However, none of these effectively reduce the building heat costs, losses, drafts and discomfort caused by this window energy loss.
New LEED standards developed by the U.S. Green Building Council provide conflicting guidelines for environmentally sustainable construction. On the one hand, they recommend more efficient heating and higher performance building exteriors with smaller fewer windows. On the other hand, they recommend more natural daylighting which means more windows.
Power*e™ Glass solves these problems simply by creating windows that insulate and heat by increasing the temperature of the entire inside glass pane with safe low-voltage electric power. Power*e™ Glass windows are enhanced industry standard two pane insulated glass units. Unlike other systems, however, they create an efficient thermal barrier at the windows - the point of a building's greatest heat loss - which for the first time enables more efficient heating, higher performance building exteriors and more natural daylighting.
Power*e™ Glass means Green Technology
Power*e™ Glass creates a "thermal curtain" that eliminates 100% of a building's heat loss through the heated Power*e™ Glass because the glass temperature is higher than the room temperature. Independent tests confirmed that 85% of the Power*e™ Glass energy heats the room regardless of the outside temperature and that the Power*e™ Glass uses up to 40% less power than conventional heating systems.
Power*e™ Glass:
• eliminates or reduces the size and need for other heating systems
• improves comfort by increasing the radiant heat in the interior space
• enables lower room air temperatures without losing comfort - meaning additional operating savings
• insulates the interior against outside heat during warmer months
• eliminates condensation and fogging on windows.
Additionally, Power*e™ Glass is designed to be used with low voltage electricity. This means that Power*e™ Glass can be powered by solar power and other renewable energy resources.
There is no magic regarding these Power*e™ Glass claims. The Power*e™ Glass uses 15% of the input power to provide its insulating, heating and other benefits. However, these benefits combine to offset this power loss and to make the Power*e™ Glass practically 100% efficient.
Why not use windows that do more for you?
Power*e™ Glass windows and units can be placed where needed in exterior or interior locations. They can be integrated into windows, walls, interior partitions and other architectural products and can be installed into new construction or retrofitted into existing buildings.