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Relative heat gain

Room Outside... Clearly Superior Quality
...™ offers the perfect balance between visibility and glare reduction. No squinting or sunglasses needed. Wonderglass ™ Blocks 85% of the Sun’s Solar Heat! Relative Heat Gain Relative Heat Gain measures the heat gain~d through a glazing. This number is more important in a glass room than the R-Value, particularly in summer... See #1.



Key Terms
The number ranges from 0.0 to 1.0. Standard insulating glass has a SC of.81 The lower the shading coefficient, the lower the solar heat gain. RELATIVE HEAT GAIN (RHG): A number which represents the amount of heat entering a building due to both solar radiation and conductive/convective heat gain. The total heat... See #2.

1: http://www.roomoutside.com [c1153817]
2: http://www.alpeninc.com [c1251466]

 





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