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Windows to become Manufacturers of Solar energy

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                    Glass as a Manufacturer of Solar Energy  As the world moves forward towards eliminating oil, dealing with climate change, and improving solar energy, new  innovations in the manufacture of glass are offering better opportunities for a cleaner world.  From Germany, where solar technology has been pursued for years come technologies that are truly surprising and innovative.  The following is from a recent article  called "4 Hidden Innovations in Glass " from Lead Innovation Management Gmbh written by Angela Hengsberger. https://www.lead-innovation.com/english-blog/innovations-in-glass "Sun protection glass has a metallic coating that does not keep out sunlight but retains up to 80 percent of the infrared heat rays. This prevents the rooms from heating up. The thermochromic glazing has even better properties: The window keeps the heat out in summer, but lets the sun's heat through durin...

Warming your home with Thermocill: Passive Energy Saving at the Window.

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               Thermocill: A new addition to a warmer home As winter approaches we all begin to think about making our homes warmer. Climate change, global warming has made us all sensitive to our carbon footprint.  Changing our energy use is on everyone's mind. One of the more interesting ways of doing this is a product that works passively. No energy use.  Yep. You heard that correctly. No energy use. Passive.  What goes at the window matters. For convection at the window is a problem whatever your heating method happens to be.  For those of you with radiators in front of a window you lose some heat right through that window every heating season.  Thermosill is a new product out of Britain that makes a difference to keeping your home warmer, without an ongoing cost.  How is that possible?   Here is a short video that will explain what I am talking about.  For more information take a look at their...