Energy Simulation and Lifecycle Costing of Advanced Glazing Systems

Highly efficient glazing, such as those offered by ECO-Insulating Glass, provide a significant

opportunity to reduce the energy consumption of buildings. This project quantifies the energy

savings, cost savings and reduction in heating and cooling demand resulting from using ECO

glazing in five major Canadian cities for a typical medium sized office building, a home and a

school. Four window options are evaluated and compared to windows, which just meet the

building code requirements. The effect of using higher insulation levels in conjunction with

ECO glazing will also be evaluated. The optimal scenarios will be selected from a total of 225

possible scenarios, using an advance building simulation software program from the U.S.

Department of Energy. The resulting values and trends will be useful for ECO glazing sales,

market analysis and for the shift towards higher performance buildings in Canada.

Faculty Supervisor:

Russell Richman

Student:

Partner:

Eco Insulating Glass Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

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University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

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