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Larry Janesky, owner and president of Dr. Energy Saver is shown in this video using an energy efficient window to replace the older basement window. Many homeowners these days are well aware of the benefits of having energy efficient replacement windows around the house. Heat loss and air leakages through inefficient windows can significantly increase your heating and cooling bills. Basement windows, however, are often overlooked as a source of energy loss. That is a costly mistake.
Basement windows are single pane glass and they're very inexpensive and they're clear class so heat passes right through them and, also, they don't seal very well around them. We're losing a lot of energy through our basement windows.
Everlast window inserts have low E glass. What does low E mean? Its low emissivity which means that light passes through although not all of it. You can see it's just slightly tinted, kind of like sunglasses, but it -- this glass has a metallic coating on the inside of the two panes of glass to prevent heat from passing through the glass.
The Everlast window inserts are also vinyl and vinyl, perfect material to put down here in a damp environment down by the ground, never needs painting, won't peel, rust, cheap, so forth. Before we started these windows were ugly and they were the least efficient windows in the house. Now, they're energy efficient, they don't leak air; they have energy efficient glass to prevent heat flow in and out.
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Larry Janesky: Hey, I'm Larry Janesky from Dr. Energy Saver. You know, most people can understand that having energy efficient windows and doors is a good idea to save energy and make their home more comfortable, but one of the types of windows that often get overlooked is basement windows. Basement windows are single pane glass and they're very inexpensive and they're clear class so heat passes right through them and, also, they don't seal very well around them. We're losing a lot of energy through our basement windows. Now, if we take a look with thermal imaging camera, we can see that the glass, obviously, is the coldest part of that wall, we can see that it's 45 degrees, the temperature of the glass, and that's pretty cold and it's 38 degrees outside.
We're only about seven or eight degrees warmer than it is outside as far as the temperature of that glass and certainly the indoor area that we pay to heat touching that glass will cool off. Well, heat goes from more to less so it's going to go right through the glass and be lost to the outside and it's going to cool the indoor air. That indoor air is going to sink and it's going to come across the room, we're going to feel a draft and process is repeated creating a convective loop by having such cold glass. What's the answer? Replacing those windows with Everlast window inserts.
Everlast window inserts have low E glass. What does low E mean? Its low emissivity which means that light passes through although not all of it. You can see it's just slightly tinted, kind of like sunglasses, but it -- this glass has a metallic coating on the inside of the two panes of glass to prevent heat from passing through the glass. Now, heat certainly does pass through, but only a fraction of the heat that would normally otherwise. So, we have less heat gain in the summer which typically, you know, isn't what we're worried about, but less heat loss all year round from the inside to the outside through the actual glass.
The Everlast window inserts are also vinyl and vinyl, perfect material to put down here in a damp environment down by the ground, never needs painting, won't peel, rust, cheap, so forth. Before we started these windows were ugly and they were the least efficient windows in the house. Now, they're energy efficient, they don't leak air; they have energy efficient glass to prevent heat flow in and out, and the vinyl frames won't rust, rot, or peel or ever need paint. If you have windows in your house that you'd like to have upgraded whether they are basement windows or any windows, if you have uncomfortable rooms in the summer or winter or like to lower your heating and cooling bills, call Dr. Energy Saver. We can make your house more comfortable, healthier and energy efficient.
