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Optimizing
awnings
A look under the
hood of PAMA's Energy
Savings Calculator
by Tim Goral
AST NOVEMBER THE PROFESSIONAL AWNING
Manufacturers Association (PAMA), a division of the
Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)
introduced a web-based tool that calculates the energy savings
for residential and commercial awning products.
The new Energy Savings Calculator app was designed as an
IFAI member benefit to allow users to input a range of awning
specifications and obtain the total dollars in energy savings possible
when incorporating awning products.
The app was designed by consultant Christopher Gronbeck of
Seattle-based Sustainable Designs. Gronbeck has been working on
sustainable energy and environment projects since 1991, initially
for nonprofit organizations for seven years and as an independent
consultant since 1998. " My goal is to empower people to make good
design decisions when it comes to buildings and energy, " he says.
The Energy Cost Calculator incorporates several web apps that
Gronbeck has developed over the years to analyze such factors as
sun angle and position, light penetration, awning analysis, window
heat gain, climate data and more.
Dual purpose
The app serves two purposes, says Gronbeck. " If you have a design
in mind, it can help you figure out the energy and cost-benefit-or
the energy and cost impact-of adding the awning or whatever
shading device you are proposing. "
The analysis might show that a design hits all the marks and can
save hundreds or thousands of dollars a year. This design makes
sense, he says.
On the other hand it might show you that in your particular
climate or with your planned window orientation or awning design,
it doesn't make sense.
While the tool is good for analyzing a current awning design's
impact on a client's energy costs, it's also a useful design tool to
help optimize a proposed design. The user can input information
on the design and then tweak it. What impact will it have on costs
if the awning was deeper or had sides? What if it was retractable in
the summer or winter?
Photo: © Inigo Calles, www.dreamstime.com.
Simple fixes
Gronbeck says there's a big difference between an awning that is
designed well and one that is not. He has seen so many awning
installations that he knows, often just by looking, which ones are
not designed right.
" I see a lot of buildings with awnings and I shake my head that
someone went to all the expense to put an awning on a building
and it is wrong. There wasn't much thought put into it, " he says.
" But if they just put a little time into getting it right, it can have a
huge environmental impact on the building. Getting the windows
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