[Bldg-sim] Design Builder : Low E coated surface

deepa chandrashekaran creations.deepa at googlemail.com
Thu Aug 27 20:38:03 PDT 2009


Jeff,

Thank you for responding. I agree that it depends on the climate.

Design Builder has the option called 'flip' while making the double pane
assembly. Hence I was not clear as to which surface is the coating on and
what does flip actually mean?


Deepa


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Jeff Haberl <jhaberl at tamu.edu> wrote:

>  The "surface" depends on the climate.
>
> Cooling dominated climates benefit from the low-E on the inside surface of
> the outside pane.
>
> Heating dominated climates benefit from the low-E on the outside surface of
> the inside pane.
>
> Such characteristics are normally defined by the applicable codes for a
> given location.
>
> Jeff
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>
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> *Subject*: [Bldg-sim] Design Builder : Low E coated surface
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to model several types of Low E glazing in Design Builder to
> understand the effect on the peak heating and cooling load.
>
> While choosing different glazing, I could not understand which surface of
> the glazing has the Low E coating.
>
> I would appreciate any inputs about this aspect.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Deepa Chandrashekaran, LEED AP
> Master of Building Science 2010
> University of Southern California
>
>
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