General
Affordable Window Retrofit Solutions for Multi-Family Buildings
New Rating Opening Windows to a World of Comfort, Opportunity, and Cost-Effective Savings
DOE – Energy Savings from Window Attachments
Energy Savings from Window Shades
How the combined management of solar protection with natural and artificial light can help improve a building’s energy efficiency.
Automation
Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE)
The nation’s first smart shade pilot program yields over 13% savings on electric bills. Baltimore Gas & Electric reports energy savings from automated shading solutions following year-long study, partnering with AERC and industry leaders Hunter Douglas and Rollease Acmeda.
Integrated Environmental Solutions – LEED Related Analysis
Study conducted to ascertain the potential impact of automated shading with respect to building energy performance.
Impacts of Automated Shading in Building Projects
This paper discusses some of the recent research studies on shading and shows that good window design, augmented by automated shades, can offer improved occupant comfort, productivity, and energy savings.
Awnings
ORNL
Case studies on energy performance of awnings in residential buildings.
Cellular Shades
AERC
First of its kind Xcel Energy Cellular Shade Rebate Program – Brings Savings and Comfort to Coloradans
ORNL
A fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office.
PNNL
This report describes the experimental design and results of testing the energy performance of Hunter Douglas double-cell cellular shades under various control schemes in the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL) Lab Homes in both heating and cooling season experiments.
Evaluation of the Thermal and Moisture Performance of Insulating Shades
Insulating cellular shade interior window attachments have the ability to improve window thermal resistance to heat transferring to the outdoors during the winter heating season as well as resistance to heat
transferring in through the window during the summer cooling season.
Low-E Storm Windows
LBNL
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) performed a field evaluation comparing the performance of low emissivity (low-E) storm windows with both standard clear storm windows and no storm windows in a cold climate.
PNNL
To examine the energy, air-leakage, and thermal-comfort performance of low-e storm windows, a field evaluation was undertaken in a matched pair of all-electric, factory-built “Lab Homes” located on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) campus in Richland, Washington.
Storm Windows
Minneapolis Storm Window Pilot
This pilot found that replacing old, leaky storm windows with new storm windows provides a significant air sealing benefit, resulting in 10–20% whole-building air leakage reduction.
Interior Storm Windows as a Cost-effective Window Weatherization Option
Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) partnered with Xcel Energy and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to evaluate interior storm windows as an energy savings measure.
Secondary Windows
BetterBricks
Case studies on commercial secondary glazing.
Road Noise Disturbs the Peace at Portland Law Firm
Field Evaluation of Non-Glass Interior Secondary Window Attachments
Findings from a series of field tests that examine the thermal and acoustic performance of three commercially available non-glass interior secondary window products in two different commercial buildings.