HEAT GAIN THROUGH FENESTRATION

The heat gain through the fenestration in the building is another important parameter that
must be considered in determining the external load of the room. Conduction and radiation
are the main heat transfer methods which determine the sunlight passing through the
window glass.
Conduction

To calculate cooling load for the window, the conduction heat gain is treated in a manner
similar to that through walls and roofs.
For conduction heat gain, the overall heat transfer coefficient accounts for the heat transfer
processes of:
1. Convection and long-wave radiation exchange outside and inside the
conditioned space.
2. Conduction through the fenestration material.
The cooling load from conduction and convection heat gain is calculated by:

qcond = UA(CLTD)
Where,

U is the overall heat transfer coefficient

A is the net glass area of the fenestration in square metres
CLTD is the cooling load temperature difference.

Radiation
The basic principles of evaluating heat gain from transmitted and absorbed solar energy through
fenestration, including the primary terms SHGF and SC, are the same for the CLTD/CLF
procedure as previously described for the TFM.
To more closely approximate cooling loads due to solar radiation transmitted through
fenestration, solar cooling load (SCL) has been introduced. Cooling load caused by solar
radiation through fenestration is calculated by:
qrad = A(SC)(SCL)
Where
qrad = cooling load caused by solar radiation, W
A = net glass area of fenestration, m2
SC = shading coefficient, for combination of fenestration and shading device,
SCL = solar cooling load from Table 36

Total cooling load through fenestration is the sum of cooling load by conduction and cooling
load by radiation.