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ile the rest were replaced during me maine replacement windows condo conversion in about 1981 with new single-glazed sash in aluminum jamb liners. nearly maine and replacement all the windows of both types are fitted with operable exterior aluminum storms with screens.our planned approach to estimating windows energy use before and after window replacement was straightforward. we would get manufacturers specs and/or standard me reference values for the conductive, solar transmission, and air leakage maine and replacement and windows and me and maine and replacement characteristics of old and new windows; then use energy simulation software to crunch the numbers for several typical residential windows units; and extrapolate me the results across the entire community. the key question was how much maine effort to allocate to each step to get the best results.

the test results replacement quantified leakage that windows residents have long known about from experience. measured leakage me interpolated to a pressure difference of 75 pa, ranged from 9 maine to 96 replacement cfm. the median value windows for the me most common window maine size was 44.1 cfm at 75 pa, or 2.42 cfm per linear ft of perimeter crack (see figure 1). calculated at a pressure difference of 50 pa, the median leakage value is 35.6 cfm, and at 4 pa, replacement 9.3 cfm. (one standard pressure windows difference used in window testing is 75 pa; 50 pa is common in building studies; and 4 pa is used to approximate average operating conditions.)

the me largest unknown in the whole process seemed to be the air leakage characteristics of the existing windows. the windows were clearly pretty leaky, and maine we knew that air leakage would replacement be an important factor in energy use, so we decided to test a sample of windows.air windows and me flow measurementour air flow measurement apparatus included a sheet of clear acrylic designed to maine fit over the window to be tested, and replacement taped in place to create an airtight chamber. windows and me (we had four of these sheets cut to fit different-sized windows.) a fan was connected with rigid pvc pipe and flexible tubing to a fitting in the acrylic, maine allowing depressurization of the inside surface of the window. measurement replacement of the pressure drop across an orifice windows in

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