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At 09:46 PM 3/19/2013, Benjamin Pratt wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Two thoughts<br>
1. Thats a helluva lot of windows!</blockquote><br>
One example: the Empire State Building had 6,514 double-paned windows
with no energy-efficiency. They have been replaced with windows refitted
(onsite, using the existing frames!) by Serious Materials.<br><br>
Because they were reusing the frames, they didn't make them triple pane,
but instead put a low-emissivity film between the dual panes. It's
actually a pretty cool story of minimizing waste and replacing the
windows while the building was occupied.
(<a href="http://www.seriouswindows.com/commercial-project-gallery/commercial-buildings/empire-state-building/seriousglass-technology.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.seriouswindows.com/commercial-project-gallery/commercial-buildings/empire-state-building/seriousglass-technology.html</a>
)<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">2. Many New Yorkers in
apartments in which they have no control of the<br>
heat. Sometimes opening the windows is the only way to cool them
down.<br>
unless the heating systems get updated, better windows won't
help.</blockquote><br>
That's part of the reason for the need to convert to new HVAC systems,
like the split units with ground source as mentioned in the
report.<br><br>
Those buildings have fossil-fueled heating systems in which the systems
themselves are not only inefficient and carbon-intense but, as you
mention, do not have local controls. The problem is actually sometimes
worsened by new windows that cause the building to become more overheated
and more windows to be then opened.<br><br>
Some of them use the very dirty #4 & #6 oil, which is just now being
phased out by regulation.<br><br>
<font color="#0000FF">"Close to 10,000 buildings, many in the city's
wealthiest neighborhoods, use this unrefined sludge. The Flatiron
Building (5th Avenue and 23rd St.) and The Dakota (Central Park West at
72nd St.) are among a number of iconic structures that burn it." --
EDF<br><br>
"New Yorkers burn more than 1 billion gallons of heating oil every
year which accounts for nearly 14% of fine particulate matter pollutants
emitted into our air; more PM2.5 emissions than all cars and trucks in
the city combined." -- NYC DEP<br><br>
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