Energy Savings
Energy Savings with Energy Efficient Windows
How much do your old leaky windows really cost you? There are many reasons to replace your windows, but none as compelling as saving money.
Use our energy savings calculator to determine how much you will save over the next 15 years with our replacement windows.
Performance Plus Low-E products are on guard 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, delivering annual comfort and energy savings. These “smart” coatings are designed to know where you want the heat, and keep it there. The result is a comfortable and energy efficient home where the windows do the work.
Energy Savings Calculator
Savings based on 30% yearly savings, and 3% yearly increase on energy bills.
Why Choose Energy Efficient Windows?
Keeping Solar Heat Outside Minimizes Air Conditioning Expense
As the seasons change, so do the criteria for comfort. With the arrival of summer or in predominately warmer climates, the focus on energy efficiency changes from heating to cooling–keeping the cool air in and the heat of the sun out. Due to the high trajectory of the summer sun, most solar energy is reflected off objects, such as trees, overhangs or the ground, prior to striking the windows of your home. This redirected or long-wave radiation is selectively rejected by the Performance Plus coatings. This translates into lower air conditioning bills and a more comfortable living environment. The Performance Plus family of Low-E products is also on guard protecting your furniture, carpets and other fabrics. By rejecting nearly all the damaging ultra-violet rays from the sun, Low-E glass keeps your furnishings looking like new, while allowing plant life to flourish.
Keeping the Warmth Inside Helps Minimize Heating Expense
Low-E Coatings are designed to significantly reduce heat loss during the heating season. Windows and other glass enclosures are responsible for up to 35% of a home’s heat loss. Controlling the heat loss means controlling your heating bills. The Performance Plus Low-E family works hard to put money back in your pocket by keeping the heat where you want it. These seasonably smart coatings allow the passage of the sun’s warm solar energy into the home during the winter while preventing the heat inside from escaping. The result is a difference you can feel. Due to the heat-reflecting properties of Low-E, the inside glass temperature of your windows will remain closer to room temperature. The result is a considerable decrease in the potential for condensation, or sweating, which can lead to water damage of surrounding woodwork and window treatments.
Low-E / Argon saves money on your overall energy costs.
We like knowing we offer our customers products that will help save on their heating and cooling costs. With American Made Windows of the Upstate’s energy saver high performance glass, our windows and doors are extremely energy-efficient.
What exactly is Low-E?
Low-E is a transparent metallic oxide coating applied onto a glass surface. The coating allows short-wave energy to pass through but reflects long-wave infrared energy, which lowers the U-value and that means more energy savings.
What does that mean to me?
In the summer, the sun is high in the sky. Visible light from the sun strikes the earth and is converted to long wave heat radiation. Your home can actually absorb this heat radiation, even though the sun is not shining directly through the windows. American Made Windows of the Upstate’s energy saver high performance glass reflects this unwanted heat back outside, helping to reduce the load on your air conditioner, and also reduce your energy costs.
In the winter, the sun is low in the sky. Visible sunlight passes easily through American Made Windows of the Upstate’s energy saver high performance glass and is converted to long wave heat radiation inside your home. As these heat waves move toward the outside, they strike the Low-E glass, and are reflected back inside your home, keeping your home warmer, reducing your heating costs.
This Low-E coating blocks not only long wave radiation, but also effectively blocks ultraviolet radiation that can damage fabrics and carpets. American Made Windows of the Upstate’s energy saver high performance glass does all this, while still letting in plenty of natural daylight.
Let’s talk about ARGON!
Argon gas is a naturally occurring inert gas that is odorless, colorless, tasteless, non-toxic, non-corrosive, non-flammable and non-reactive. It is six times denser than air. When argon is used to replace the air between the panes of glass, it reduces thermal energy transfer and heat loss. It also improves the sound insulating performance in double glazed windows. The use of argon between the panes in our windows creates a quiet, comfortable environment with reduced heating and cooling costs by keeping heat inside in the winter and outside in the summer.
Our windows are built to save you money because the best windows truly are… AMERICAN MADE!
NFRC / EnergyStar® • Rated through NFRC and carry the EnergyStar label • 40% more efficient than most products • More savings on your utility bills • Elimination of drafts • Resistance to condensation
