Guardian, an Auburn Hills, Michigan- based company, has announced the availability of its new SunGuard Building Energy Calculator at an exclusive web site.
The calculator is designed to assist the project contractors and building architects with an all included tool to appraise the use of commercial glazing options and how they will affect the design and use of energy. It also enables calculation of energy costs for assorted type of glazing options in prototype building constructions.
The installed energy calculator utilizes the input data details such as type of building, type of fuel utilized and costs, installed daylighting controls, orientation of windows and glazing options to correlate with the details such as the prevailing utility rates, exclusive weather data for 52 cities located in Canada, USA and Mexico to produce energy price and energy usage details in a tabular form along with an easy to understand bar chart graphics. The generated results emphasize the use of energy- friendly glazings and how they can affect the monthly and annual spending both under normal and peak demand power supply conditions.
The energy calculator provides a choice of glazing options along with easy to understand details of energy costs to understand the benefits of a chosen product for selection and comparison. The calculator is provided as a service to the building architects and owners to zero on the right glazing for their building or project.
Source: http://www.Guardian.com