GBlist: glas roofs and solar heat impact

Uliian@aol.com
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:46:07 -0500 (EST)

Does anybody have experience with calculating the heat impact on a glas roof?

To get solar energy gains in winter, you have to design great glas windows
and roofs to ahouse. The trouble on the other hand is the soar heat gain in
summer - when you really not need it. So I am really interested in an easy
way to calculate the thermal energy gain by a glas roof to minimize the
shading systems or to avoid them by inclining the roof in the right angle and
directing it to the right direction.

The project I am thinking of is a simple one family home - so it should be a
simple method.

Uli Stehling, Darmstadt
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