Overview The energy performance of a window depends on its thermal transmittance,

the glazing solar transmittance, and the air leakage due to the frame and
installation airtightness. The installations of air leakage represents a quite
small term. While the contributions of the two other terms to the building
thermal balance are not independent to each other.
Aim 1. to evaluate the impact of different kinds of glazing systems, window
size, orientation of the principal windowed wall and internal gains on the
winter and summer energy use and peak loads of a well-insulated
residential building

2. to identify the most influencing parameters using statistical analysis

Reason for The thermal energy balance of the building is affected not only in summer
study but also in winter, potentially increasing heating energy need. Hence, most
effective thermal insulating glazing systems, as the triple glazing windows
(which are characterized by low solar transmittance) should be take into
account on building design.
Methodolog 1. A set of simulations has been performed from a residential building to
y evaluate the importance on the winter and summer energy need

2. The building performance has been calculated by means of TRNSYS

software and its multi-zone building simulation subroutine called Type 56.
Findings The usage of windows with low thermal transmittance which is triple
glazing is useful if accompanied by high solar transmittance during winter
season