Thermal performance of secondary glazing as a retrofit alternative for single-glazed windows

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-51

  Smith, Nick ^a   Isaacs, Nigel ^a   Burgess, John ^b   Cox Smith, Ian ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Building Research Association of New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

R value; Retrofit; Secondary glazing; Storm windows; Thermal performance; Window insulation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE GLAZINGS; INSULATED GLAZING UNITS; LOW E GLASS; NEW ZEALAND; R VALUE; RETROFIT; SECONDARY GLAZING; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL TRANSMISSION; THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE; WINDOW FRAMES;

ALUMINUM; GLAZES; MIXED CONVECTION; PLASTIC SHEETS; RETROFITTING; STORMS;

WINDOWS;

EID: 84865533193     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.07.038     Document Type: Article

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