‘Super Window' Could Save $10 Billion Annually in Energy Costs
June 11, 2018 -- About $20 billion worth of energy leaks out of windows in the United States each winter - and that's with double-paned insulating windows installed on a majority of buildings. The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is now working with manufacturers to bring to market a 'super window' that is at least twice as insulating as 99 percent of the windows for sale today and will be ready to achieve mass-market status.
The 'thin triple' super window design doubles the thermal performance of current Energy Star-rated double-glazed windows and is seven times more insulating than a single-glazed window. Berkeley Lab scientists have built and tested prototypes in the lab and are now working with Andersen Corporation, the largest window and door manufacturer in the country, and separately with Alpen High Performance Products, which specializes in energy-efficient doors and windows. Both efforts are looking to build and test enhanced prototypes suitable for large-scale manufacture.
'Our approach is to attack the problem from two sides: to develop both market pull' and technology push' forces,' said Berkeley Lab researcher Steve Selkowitz, one of the inventors of the super window concept. 'We are working with manufacturers to assist them with their technology challenges while also working with Energy Star, supply-chain companies, and utilities, which can offer rebates and incentives for consumer purchase. Our role is to be a catalyst in facilitating technological innovation and an evangelist in promoting DOE's energy-efficiency mission.'
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