Glazing Thermal / Solar Model
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Development prototype for validation against LBNL WINDOW. Select nominal 3 mm or 6 mm monolithic glass; actual calculation thickness is 3.0 mm or 5.7 mm. Surface 1 emissivity = 0.84.
DEV V1.14 • CENTER-OF-GLASS

Glass Inputs

Nominal glass thickness
Actual calculation thickness5.7 mm CALCULATED
Surface 1 emissivity0.840 LOCKED
Solar transmittance (Tsol)
0%100%
Solar absorptance (Asol)0.28 CALCULATED
Front solar reflectance (Rfsol)
0%100%
Surface 2 emissivity (ε2)
0.011.00
Tsol + Rfsol must be ≤ 100%.
Back reflectance is retained as a development parameter for WINDOW validation and is not a normal user input.
Performance updates automatically when an input changes.

Solar & Heat Flow

SHGC: 32°C outside / 24°C inside
783 W/m² solar • 2.75 m/s wind
Exterior
Interior
S1
S2
INCIDENT 100%
REFLECTED 7.0%
TRANSMITTED 77.1%
ABSORBED 15.9%
OUTWARD 0%
INWARD 0%
TSER
7.0% Rfsol + 0.0% outward = 18.0%
SHGC
77.1% Tsol + 0.0% inward = 0.82
T1 93.7°F
T2 93.6°F