RENOVATE In The Press
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400 Market Street: Case Study
| Retrofit MagazineBecause of the energy savings associated with its unique window retrofitting project, 400 Market Street also is part of a $1.6 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study to measure the potential that low-E retrofitting glazing systems have for improving the energy efficiency of existing commercial buildings.
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Top Products from the Greenbuild Expo Floor: Windows
| Green Spec: Building GreenA high-performance window retrofit
PPG had another interesting window, a retrofit window named Renovate by Berkowitz. There are a lot of single-glazed, energy-wasting commercial windows out there, and replacing them is expensive. These retrofit windows install on the interior, and are made from PPG’s low-e glass, low-e coating, and a ½” argon-filled space. A spacer containing a desiccant separates this unit from the original pane. This system takes a ¼” single-pane monolithic window and improves the center-of-glass U-factor from 1.03 to 0.16. Renovate can be installed with minimal disruption to building occupants.
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