Window Specs For Greater Comfort

About this episode

Chris and Phil discuss window specifications that enhance comfort and performance while navigating common jargon.

Chris and Phil cut through window jargon and focus on the numbers that actually move comfort, performance, and cost. They break down U-factor, SHGC, and visible transmittance, plus why “more glass” is both irresistible and a building science headache. You’ll leave with practical rules of thumb for spec’ing windows without getting played by marketing or your own energy model. Subscribe for more architects-at-a-bar building science, and share this one with the person who keeps saying “just do low-E.”

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris, Phil

Topics covered

• window specifications
• building science
• comfort
• performance
• cost

Keywords

• U-factor
• SHGC
• visible transmittance
• low-E

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