{"id":7620,"date":"2022-08-07T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T08:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/era.archi\/?p=7620"},"modified":"2023-02-07T17:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:57:54","slug":"glazing-in-positive-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/era.archi\/en\/glazing-in-positive-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Glazing in a positive house"},"content":{"rendered":"

What glazing is best for positive house?<\/span><\/p>\n

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How does glazing insulate?<\/p>\n

How is glazing airtight?<\/p>\n

How is glazing free of thermal bridges?<\/p>\n

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May you don\u2019t know us yet, let\u2019s have a quick introduction: we are ERA architects.
\nActually, I am Esther Rovira, architect and passive house designer in Barcelona, Catalonia and Andorra for either passive houses, efficient houses and positive houses.
\nIn this post\u00a0\u2018Glazing in a positive house\u2019<\/em>, You will find our professional recommendation.
\nI hope it helps you!
\nLet’s go!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Glazing in a Positive House<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a passive and positive house, a special glass is used to insulate and to regulate the extra heat from summer.
\n<\/span>This glass is called low emission glass (low-e).<\/span><\/p>\n

Technicalities aside, this glass has two special abilities: it\u2019s insulted and could capture the Sun\u2019s energy in a controlled way.
\n<\/span>Let\u2019s dig into it to see how this is achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1) Glazing Insulation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your home window\u2019s glasses need to be insulated. But, how to do that, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

Glazing is insulated by using a camera between glasses (sometimes even 2 cameras). <\/span>
\n<\/span>In a passive house, that camera needs to have a special air (Argon 90%) with very high insulating properties.<\/span><\/p>\n

This caused the heat in winter to be retained inside the house.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2) Glazing Airtightness<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the glass is manufactured in a factory under very controlled conditions, its perfectly sealed, then 100% airtight (if not the gas inside would go away).<\/p>\n

3) Glazing with no thermal bridges<\/strong><\/p>\n

The glass barely has any thermal bridges.
\nThe only thermal bridge it is given by the spacer separating the glasses to create the camera.<\/p>\n

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Our professional recommendation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ask your architect to deliver the glazing composition.
\nIncluding also the Ug value and the g value.<\/p>\n

You may also be interested in:
\n<\/strong>Our other post: Window frames in a positive house<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Hope this post ‘Glazing in a positive house’ is helpful!<\/p>\n

Best of luck on this adventure.
\nSee you on the next post,<\/p>\n

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Esther Rovira Raurell<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Architect in Barcelona<\/a>\u00a0#COAC 44234-8<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Passive House Designer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Affiliated to the\u00a0International Passive House Association<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Founder of\u00a0ERA architects<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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