Windows, Food, and News: Part 1

GREEN HOME SHOW #26: Windows, Food, and News: Part 1 Window Replacement Selection Tips

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Overall Segment #1 – 9:00

Music & Introduction (Doug) – 3:30

Introduction – Good Morning!!! Welcome to another edition of the Great Green Home Show. We hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. We were off last week and aired an encore of the previous Blue Waterwind show because it seems to be a hot topic and one that is being debated over and over again. We'll revisit that a little bit later this morning and give you some new information. We’d like to thank everyone who’s tuned in today, as well as those of you who are listening online at wilm.com.

As always, our goal is to inform and entertain as we try to give you the latest information available regarding all things “green”. We’ll talk about how you can reduce your carbon footprint, save some energy, and most importantly, save you money... We have our recurring characters, helpful tips and “green” news items, both local and global.

This morning we're having a good time talking about future cars and a few other juicy topics.

I’m Doug Hunt, and next to me is my co-host, Paul Hughes. Good morning Paul, how was your week? Anything special happen? Anything particularly “green” going on?

As usual I’m the conservation guy, and I suggest people cut back on their driving and rising gas prices may come down a bit as did in the summer. The present low price of gas because there is less demand for oil and gas at present, is over. So if we all should start carpooling, and planning our trips to the grocery store, etc. even start using mass transit more, we can keep gas prices lower, but they are sure to rise further as the per barrel of oil price rises. We can affect surprise us further to a degree by lowering demand more.

And there are also a lot of side benefits of using less oil. One,you get to know the people in your neighborhood either again or for the first time. And I know this is a not a novel idea, but I have lived in a few neighborhoods in my day and I found in some as I got older people didn't communicate as much as they used to when I was younger.

I think it, individualism started happening with the TV and with more of an emphasis on personal mobility, individual travel options, and the individual accumulation of things for personal amusement. And I'm not saying that any of this is bad, I'm not judging it at all, what I am saying is that I think the direction that the popular culture has taken us whether intentioned or not is in one of isolation in part from the people who live closest to us. And it cost us in dollars and cents plus more

And this consequent cost of this individuation has been higher than any of us could have calculated.

I know we can argue this but I think that in a lot of cases this may be true. So without extended families around us we've lost touch with a much larger closer group that we used to hang out with and rely on and work with in order to reduce the cost of living for all.

So in this vein we are encouraging people to get together in their communities and neighborhoods and start organizing around saving energy. The neighborhood website should be finished soon and available as a template to do so.

We will be talking about other ways to organize, have fun deepen your relationships with your neighbors have potluck supper's and reduce your personal energy consumption and costs by getting together with your neighbors. Just like they used to do in the good old days.

And don’t forget… recycle, conserve, and share… And use technology. Before we can get on with the show, we need to thank our sponsors. Paul?

Thanks to: – Suntrust Mortgage, CMI Electric, Energy Services Group, Myecoagent.com and Option Insurance Group. Also, Mark Unruh for the great music…. and listen to Scott Birney’s program on WVUD - 91.3 FM on Fridays…Doug... Protect us...OH YES... before we really get going, we have an important announcement

Announce the “Great Green Expo” On March 29th 2008 Chase Center on the riverfront....

Todays Topic: 4:00 Window Replacement. Sponsored by: Suntrust Mortgage of Christiana

-- Today are beginning topic instead of listing is going to be a topic went to replace our windows, went to recondition them, when to insulate and fill in around them, and which Windows to use should we choose to replace our windows. So let's get started:

A. In replacing Windows or reconditioning them there are a bunch of questions to ask you before we do that let's talk about terminology. 1. u factor: a measure of the rate of heat loss through a material or assembly. For windows that you factor is typically stayed for the entire window product below are the you factor the lower the heat loss

2. Solar heat gain coefficient: (SHGC) the fraction of solar radiation admitted through a window system the available heat that can make it through the product. For example and SHGC rating of .6 means that 60% of the available heat can make it through the window.

3. Sash: the portion of the window that houses the glass typically the movable windows of a window,
b. Frame: the fixed outer portion at a window that holds the Sash.
c. Storm window: a separate exterior window typically designed for installation over a
double hung.

4. Insulating glass unit: IG: a unit consisting of two or more layers of glass separated by a spacer.
B. when we consider retrofitting or replacing our existing Windows we have a few questions to ask:
1. What is the existing system and how well does it perform? How is the proposed system expected to perform? Will there be a significant energy savings? Will comfort condensation fading and noise problems be improved?

C. okay so here's what it gets complicated when he and FRC and the Berkeley national laboratory calculating u- factor in SHGC values for some existing Windows and various retrofits in areas...... so let's boil it down when we tell you what kind of Windows systems are the best insulators, so if you do replace your Windows at least we'll know which ones have the best retention and insulating factors.
So what I'm going to list here is a rating, if the outside temperature of the surface of the glass is 0° Fahrenheit then I am simply going to give you what the inside temperature of the glass will be with room at a typical 70 to 72°.

1. Single pane, unimproved.... 16°
2. Single pane and exterior storm..... 44°
3. Single pane and Lowell E. storm..... 51°
4. Single pane and interior film..... 44°
5. Single pane and storm and film..... 53°
6. Double pane wood vinyl clear glass..... 45°
7. Double pane wood vinyl low solar low e-argon.... 55°
8. Double pane wood and exterior storm..... 54°
9. Double pane wood Low-E. and storm..... 58°

So you see options for placing Windows can be varied and depend on what system you using to replace your existing system and you got to make sure that when you replace your existing system that are going to be significant energy savings. Of course this is pretty simplistic and I didn't give u-factor or the SHBC number. But you get the point when you're shopping for windows you want to make sure that you get the best system that fits in your house and also fits in your budget.

So let's talk about considering the options for cold climates there are a variety of ways to improve window thermal performance beyond that provided by the single pane windows each of the following alternatives fill specific needs and homeowners must weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each several of the following options incorporate low emissivity glass, low-e glass.

1. Prepare recondition the existing window system including existing storms
2. Install Interior insulating window treatments such as blinds shades or curtains quilted chainsaw for hire our values but honeycomb shades are more readily available on a usually easier tombstone operate.
3. Install Interior stores -- with Low E glazed
4. Install exterior storm sash preferably with Low-E. glass
5. Install a new Sash kit.