[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Insulating Window Inserts

[Bob Korves]

Here is a site with a bunch of ideas for simple DIY energy saving projects:

http://www.builditsolar.com/NewsLetter/newsletter.htm

for example this one

http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Conservation/bubblewrap.htm

Worth a read.
-Bob Korves
BTW, Lawrence, your posts on insulation and heat loss are very good.  You 
obviously understand the subject.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrence Lile" <LLile at projsolco.com>
To: "Bobbi Chukran" <bobbi at bobbichukran.com>; 
<greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Insulating Window Inserts


> Sounds like that guy needs to go take a heat transfer class to me.
> Typical of HVAC mechanics, I'll bet he sizes HVAC by the house floor
> area instead of doing any real calcs, just like the guy I argued with on
> my house.  Window insulation does work.
>
> It isn't just the extra R-value between you and the frozen north.  An
> insulating layer on the inside of a window also affects radiation inside
> the room positively.  You will "feel" warmer in a room that doesn't have
> a big area of cold glass, just like you feel warmer inside of a 0.060"
> thick "space" blanket, those heat reflecting emergency rescue blankets
> people carry in the woods.
>
>
> Lawrence Lile, PE, LEED AP
> Project Solutions Engineering
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org
> [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Bobbi
> Chukran
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:14 PM
> To: greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org
> Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] Insulating Window Inserts
> Importance: Low
>
>>I'm having a hard time finding options for window inserts.  The goal
>>here is a simple one: add a layer to the windows in winter, just like
>>the screens I put up every year before the bugs start hatching.
>>
>
> Hi Jim and all,
>
> We very recently talked to a guy at a local HVAC company about
> getting a new system put in, and I asked him about things like
> insulated curtains, shutters, window inserts, etc.  His opinion was
> that it wouldn't help, because you're still trapping the cold air
> inside the house next to the window.  His opinion was to caulk the
> heck out of the outside so that the cold air didn't get in in the
> first place.
>
> His answer was the same for the summer......do something to keep the
> heat out.  In his opinion, solar screens or films would help, but
> things like curtains, etc. inside the house on the windows wouldn't.
>
> For what *that's* worth.....
>
> bobbi c.
>
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