Thermal windows, also called insulated glass units, or IGU, are either double-pane or triple-pane, meaning each section of the window has two or three layers of glass with a sealed space in between.
+ Low E coating - Low-E, or low-emissivity, glass was created to minimize the amount of infrared and ultraviolet light that comes through your glass, without minimizing the amount of light that enters your home.
+ The spaces are filled with argon or krypton to slow the transfer of heat through the window.
+ U-value - The rate of transfer of heat through a structure.
+ Lower the U-value, the higher it resists the heat to pass-through.
+ Higher the U-value, the higher it transmits the heat to pass-through.
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