Documentation

WINDOW 6 and THERM 6 Research Versions

User Manual

bullet WINDOW 6.2 / THERM 6.1 Research Version User Manual
(Documents features in WINDOW6 and THERM 6 for modeling complex glazing systems)

Presentations

bullet Complex Glazing Summary -- PDF File
(WINDOW6-ComplexGlazingSummary.pdf)
Presented at the Spring 2008 NFRC Meeting, Nashville, TN

Technical Documentation

WINDOW6 and THERM6 implement the ISO 15099 algorithms:

bullet ISO 15099
The algorithms in WINDOW6 and THERM6 follow the procedures presented in ISO 15099:
"Thermal performance of windows, doors and shading devices - Detailed calculations."
See:
 http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/product.asp?sku=ISO+15099%3A2003

In addition to implementing ISO 15099 algorithms in WINDOW6 and THERM6, we have added additional capabilities to WINDOW6.

The following reports and papers describe these additional capabilities and/or elaborate on ISO15099.
bullet Thermal Algorithm Documentation:
TARCOG: Mathematical Models for Calculation of Thermal Performance of Glazing Systems with or without Shading Devices
October 17, 2006
(Draft, still under review and revision)
bullet Venetian Blind Algorithm Documentation:
Calculation of Optical Properties for a Venetian Blind Type of Shading Device
October 20, 2006
(Draft, still under review and revision)
bullet Woven Shade Algorithm Documentation:
Implementation of Woven Shade Method in Layeroptics.DLL
November 9, 2006
(Draft, still under review and revision)
bullet Bidirectional Optical Properties of Slat Shading: Comparison Between Raytracing and Radiosity Methods
(Submitted to Solar Energy but not yet published)
bullet Documentation for LBNL BSDF XML format:
Found in Section 6.4 of the WINDOW 6.1 / THERM 6.1 Research Version User Manual
bullet WINDOW 6 BTDF Output File Documentation
Found in Section 6.3 of the WINDOW 6.1 / THERM 6.1 Research Version User Manual
bullet Verification Results
WINDOW 6 Verification Results
June 12, 2006
(Draft, still under review and revision)

 

 

WINDOW 5.0 (Current Release Version):

bullet WINDOW 5.2 Documentation

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THERM Documentation:

bullet THERM 5.2 Documentation

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Updated: 04/25/08