Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: All that glass 2Feb 15, 2006 9:41 am The blog of my home being built: http://glint-bladesong.blogspot.com/ Re: All that glass 7Nov 13, 2008 1:21 pm Pat the draftie My two cents worth; There is a little bit more to this topic than just the glass. House aspect is a major factor You might find they face the correct direction to warrent using all this glass, not just to capitolise on the views. Some of these houses intentionally leave as much sun as possible into the house in the morning to heat up the house, to increase passive solar gain in the house interior for the rest of the day. Pat is right. I am only referring to glazing that is indiscriminate of aspect. Most people install glazing for aesthetic purposes or views rather than a method of controlling solar gain. Design with correct orientation, shading and combining with thermal mass can ensure that glazing provides energy efficiency rather than being an energy liability. A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5814 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19264 |