Something to think about before you install those energy efficient windows

iamgeo · 01-26-12, 09:56 AM

Woman Claims Neighbor’s Energy Efficient Windows Are Melting Her Toyota Prius « CBS Los Angeles

Car parts are melting, siding is melting. What would you do if it was happening to you.

Reports across the country have alleged damages brought on by concentrated sunlight reflected off of energy efficient windows. The National Association of Home Builders is now conducting a study on the matter.

Ryland · 01-26-12, 06:32 PM

Any window can reflect light and heat and they are assuming that the windows are energy efficient in some way or another in a building that they could not get in to because it was vacant, when I would be shocked if a condo in southern California had anything but the cheapest windows that they could get.

01-26-12, 09:56 AM	#1
iamgeo Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lakehills, Tx Posts: 168 Thanks: 4 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Something to think about before you install those energy efficient windows Woman Claims Neighbor’s Energy Efficient Windows Are Melting Her Toyota Prius « CBS Los Angeles Car parts are melting, siding is melting. What would you do if it was happening to you. Reports across the country have alleged damages brought on by concentrated sunlight reflected off of energy efficient windows. The National Association of Home Builders is now conducting a study on the matter.

01-26-12, 06:32 PM	#2
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	Any window can reflect light and heat and they are assuming that the windows are energy efficient in some way or another in a building that they could not get in to because it was vacant, when I would be shocked if a condo in southern California had anything but the cheapest windows that they could get.