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Shah, Bipin. Rating and labeling of energy performance of windows as a tool for promoting energy efficiency practices in buildings. In: BUILDING SIMULATION, 7., 2001, Rio de Janeiro. Anais... Rio de Janeiro, 2001. p. 1109-1116.
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Abstract

A technically accurate, credible, and cost-effective energy performance rating system aided by use of accurate simulation software has lead, over the last decade, to a transformation of the building fenestration market and industry in North America. A transformation continues to spread to other countries. These simulation tools provide the technical basis for fenestration design, rating, labeling, promotion, marketing and regulation (both voluntary and mandatory). In the United States, window thermal performance is rated under the auspices of the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC). NFRC’s rating system utilizes simulations of window energy performance, validated by a limited number of measurements, through administrative and technical procedures to produce fair, accurate and credible ratings of fenestration performance. It is through the use of both good science and credible certification procedures that industry and the marketplace put credence into a rating system that is shaping what products are specified, selected, and thus produced. This paper will examine the role of simulation software in the design and rating of fenestration, and the lessons learned from the experiences of the NFRC rating system. Current developments in both software and rating systems in the United States and elsewhere will be addressed, along with efforts to harmonize the technical basis for software. The paper concludes with expectations for improvements in many developed and developing nations in the design, specification and selection of energy efficient windows.
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