Preliminary Assessment of the Energy-Saving Potential of Electrochromic Windows in Residential Buildings

David Roberts

doi:10.2172/969720

Preliminary Assessment of the Energy-Saving Potential of Electrochromic Windows in Residential Buildings

David Roberts

Building Technologies and Science Center

Research output: NREL › Technical Report

Abstract

Electrochromic windows provide variable tinting that can help control glare and solar heat gain. We used BEopt software to evaluate their performance in prototypical energy models of a single-family home.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/969720
State	Published - 2009

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-550-46916

Keywords

EC
electrochromic
glare
solar heat gain
tinting
windows

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