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Energy Efficient Windows Orlando
While appliances, solar panels, and water conservation are at the forefront of energy saving ideas, your windows and doors can be a source of energy efficiency.
Your heating and cooling costs can be drastically lowered with energy efficient windows and doors.
Windows provide our homes with light, feeling of openess, and ventilation, but they can also negatively impact a house’s energy efficiency. You can reduce energy costs by installing energy-efficient windows in your home. Some energy efficiency improvements to existing windows can also help.
A window's energy efficiency is dependent upon all of its components: frames, glazing or glass and operation.
If you have older windows in your home, the best way to improve your home's energy efficiency is to replace them with new, energy efficient windows. However, if you're on a tight budget, a less expensive option is to use storm windows. Some types of storm windows are also a good option for those living in apartments.
Even though storm windows add little to the insulating performance of single-glazed windows, field studies have found that they can help to reduce air movement into and out of existing windows. Therefore, they help reduce heating and cooling costs.
If you're constructing a new home or doing some major remodeling, you should also take advantage of the opportunity to incorporate your window design and selection as an integral part of your house design —an approach for building an energy-efficient home.
Source: http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/windows_doors_skylights/index.cfm/mytopic=13330
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