ENERGY Efficient Windows
CitiQuiet Windows are ENERGY efficient qualified. ENERGY efficient windows is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy geared towards helping consumers lower their energy costs while protecting the environment. CitiQuiet uses energy efficient products and employs energy saving practices to accomplish these goals. CitiQuiet meets the high standards of the EPA and the Department of Energy without sacrificing the high quality you have come to expect from our windows.
To save energy with your windows you need to understand how and why certain windows work while others don't.
Energy is lost through your windows in three ways:
- Infiltration: The loss of cold air in the summer and warm air in the winter through cracks and crevices in the window.
- Convection: The process of heat transfer that involves the motion of fluid air moving towards the window glass and through the panes. Heat flows from a higher temperature to a lower temperature.
- Radiation: The transfer of heat from one separate surface to another.
Today's modern energy efficient windows will reduce infiltration, convection, and radiation through a number of technological advancements. Double pane windows create greater insulating barriers and adding features such as low-e glass reduces the suns heat from entering the living area by penetrating the glass in the summer, but allowing its heat to penetrate in the winter is a perfect example of reducing energy costs.
Injecting Argon or Krypton gas into the dead air space between the panes of glass further insulates the window. Another key ingredient for insulating is the manner in which the glass is fused together. In the past the glass had metal connections from one to another, (spacers). Now the spacer is insulated with thermoplastics that eliminate seal failure and won’t allow the glass to conduct cold.
CitiQuiet Windows not only suppress up to 95% of unwanted noise, but they also reduce dust, moisture and wind.
