Windows and Window Treatments

Windows have an important effect on your building’s interior lighting, interior and exterior aesthetics, energy efficiency and comfort. Cooling requirements dominate indoor comfort conditions in the Phoenix area, so window selection is a process of maximizing daylighting while minimizing summer heat gain. This fact sheet focuses on the energy performance characteristics of windows and other building elements associated with them. Your window choices can result in significant energy savings.

• Types of windows     
• Window films     
• Window shading     
• Windows effects on a building's heating and cooling costs     
• More information on energy efficient windows and window treatments
• Energy answers fact sheet 

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