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COMPANY PRESENTATION

Estimating glass and
insulating glazed units’
energy efficiency
nents that are integrated ent coatings. The purpose glass surfaces are
directly into the insulating of the test was to verify the generally much
glass line. results from measurements greater, argon
Furthermore, this commu- done with Sparklike Laser filled triple glazed
nication between the IG Standard™ analyzer, by units can help to
line and the device is car- using gas chromatograph obtain even up to
ried out by using an Ether- as a reference device. The 50 per cent energy
net port, eventually allow- test showed that every savings compared to the can be observed from the
ing the measurement data sample was measurable by use of air filled windows. aboove table ‘Estimating
to be stored, for example, using the Sparklike Laser Therefore, it has become glass and insulating glazed
in the company’s ERP. Standard™ device. The full clear that windows are not units’ energy efficiency’,
The system developed by report can be download- merely an aesthetic ele- cost – here oil consump-
Sparklike Engineers reads ed here: http://campaign. ment, but play a primor- tion – can be radically re-
the port and sends data sparklike.com/ift-report- dial role when considering duced by using argon filled
back according to the com- on-sparklike-laser. buildings’ maintenance insulating glass units. The
munication protocol. costs. In order to further most prominent increase in
To ensure an easy-to-use ENERGY SAVING explore the subject of build- oil consumption can be de-
protocol, all the com- WITH HIGH QUALITY ings’ maintenance costs, tected between the single
mands and replies have INSULATING GLASS a well-known supplier of glazed unit and the argon
pre-determined lengths. UNITS essential products for the filled low-E coated and tri-
Finally, specific commands It has been calculated that global construction indus- ple glazed unit, where oil
enable the measurement of in North America and Eu- try, Akzo Noble interpreted consumption increases by
the IGU in sync with the rope, the buildings con- glass and glazing units’ en- a staggering 757 per cent!
production line. sume a staggering 40 per ergy consumption (U-val- It can be concluded that
cent of the primary energy ue) by converting it to oil when considering energy
Traditional versus Sparklike consumption. consumption. The featured saving, the structures’
Traditionally gas concen- However, this figure can table titled “Estimating proper heat insulation is
tration has been measured significantly be reduced if glass and insulating glazed a cost-effective way to re-
with a gas chromatograph, the buildings are purpose- units’ energy efficiency” duce the need for heating.
an invasive test device to fully designed, constructed represents an estimate for Therefore, properly heat
analyze gas concentration and used. Furthermore, a glass and insulating glazed insulated buildings and
within double and triple report released by the In- units’ energy efficiency quality controlled insulat-
glazed insulating glass ternational Energy Agency using oil consumption ing glass units can signifi-
units. In order to compare (IEA) clearly stated that (l/m²*a) as the unity for cantly reduce energy con-
Sparklike Laser™ devices from the overall energy energy consumption. As sumption.
with the traditional tech- of office buildings, 20 per
nology, Sparklike Oy re- cent is being consumed
quested ift Rosenheim, a on lighting, 16 per cent on
Sparklike Oy
well-known test laboratory heating and 14 per cent Sparklike Oy
to perform a test in order on cooling. Furthermore,
to determine the argon gas typically about 15-20 per
concentration in insulating cent of building wall sur-
glass units by using a par- face is windows, and it has
ticularly challenging test been estimated that 25 per
specimen. cent of building’s energy
This test specimen included consumption could be re-
samples with different con- duced, if the windows were
structions i.e. clear glass, argon filled double glazed
triple glazed units as well as units. On the other hand, in
laminated glass with differ- office buildings where the
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