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- From: dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: opening of the first
- Message-ID: <1992Nov15.173301.3113@cs.rochester.edu>
- Date: 15 Nov 92 17:33:01 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cs.1992Nov15.173301.3113
- References: <3987.1017.uupcb@spacebbs.com> <1992Nov14.194836.5081@cs.rochester.edu> <L27SBYL6@cc.swarthmore.edu>
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- In article <L27SBYL6@cc.swarthmore.edu> dpeders1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Pedersen) writes:
- >dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes:
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- >> I would dispute your claim. Triple paned glass windows are really
- >> just conservation -- as long as you have a window, you want to make
- >> the losses through it be low. If anything, this *reduces* solar
- >> heating, as the triple pane windows are somewhat less transparent that
- >> double pane.
- >
- >I disagree. Glass has a high transmission coefficient in the frequency
- >range of the visible spectrum and the range of the spectrum at which the
- >most enrgy is available in solar radiation.
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-
- Um, this agrees with what I said! Triple paned windows reduce losses.
- They don't increase the transmission of visible light. So, if you
- replace the conventional windows in a house with triple paned windows,
- while keeping the area and positions of the windows constant, you are
- simultaneously reducing insolation and heat losses. I.e., you are
- sacrificing solar input for the purpose of conservation.
-
- Paul F. Dietz
- dietz@cs.rochester.edu
-