This effect changes depending on the type of blinds and the type of glass being used. A highly reflective blind with clear glass will allow much of the solar radiation to reflect back outside of the building, but, a higher performance glass, which blocks solar radiation, will also block solar radiation from leaving, even with a highly reflected blind!<br>
<br>--<br>Karen<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Dana Troy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:DTroy@glumac.com">DTroy@glumac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Josh,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">There is a previous discussion on interior blinds in the
archives: <a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/htdig.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org/2007-June/005640.html" target="_blank">http://lists.onebuilding.org/htdig.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org/2007-June/005640.html</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">As for the savings, $25 per year seems about right. Interior
blinds <b>do not stop the solar radiation from entering the space</b> even
though the occupants might feel cooler with the blinds drawn.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">When the blinds are down, the occupant does not have the sun
shining directly on them, which makes them feel cooler than if the blinds were
up with the sun shining on them. However, when the blinds are down, the <b>sun
is still heating up the air space between the blinds and the glass</b>. That air
then eventually mixes with the air in the space, which still needs to be
cooled. eQUEST does not take into consideration that the hot air near the
windows might take a while to get to a thermostat across the room.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We had a family residence that had tinted plastic blinds on the
inside of their floor to ceiling south facing windows. In the summers, the room
would get to 90+ even with the blinds drawn. We installed exterior blinds about
2 to 3 feet from the windows and the temperature never got above 80.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hope this helps.</span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dana Troy</span></b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Josh
Doherty<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Interior Blind Savings</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hello,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I
am using eQUEST to determine the potential savings associated with using
interior blinds in a 2-story 1000 square foot lobby area with floor to ceiling
windows on two exterior sides. The model behaves like I would
expect. The results indicate the blind open and closed schedules play a
very important role in the savings. This is especially true in such a
climate where there are cold winters (solar gain into the interior space is
beneficial) and hot summers (solar gain into the interior space is not
desired). However, the best case savings I can achieve is around
$25.00/year. I had expected to save more money using the blinds.
Has anybody else played around with blinds in eQUEST? Did you find any
significant savings?</span></p>
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<p><b>Josh Doherty</b></p>
<p><b>DC Engineering</b></p>
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W. Spruce Street</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Missoula,
MT 59802</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Phone:
(406) 829-8828 Ext. 121</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Fax:
(406) 829-8829</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:jdoherty@dcengineering.net" target="_blank">jdoherty@dcengineering.net</a></span></p>
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