The scarcity of petroleum resources has brought about vigorous researches into the development of alternative energy sources and the methods to save energy. As for as residence and office buildings are concerned, their structure and materials have bee...
The scarcity of petroleum resources has brought about vigorous researches into the development of alternative energy sources and the methods to save energy. As for as residence and office buildings are concerned, their structure and materials have been main topics of research. Particularly the the window has recently received a lot of attention.
The window plays an important part for lighting, ventilation and insulation of a building. Developed countries have long researched on the material and structure of energy-saving windows and they produce standardized windows in mass.
In Korea, however, few analyses and experiments have been done and the foreign products are imported or copied. Thus, it is very demanding to develop standardized windows appropriate for our circumstances.
This study proposes the material and structure of the window, witch exhibits excellent insulatability and airtightness and is, therefore, the most appropriate for our circumstances. We also attempt to develop an energy-saving airtight insulating window composed of aluminum and vinyl.
Aluminum windows have strength in their windproofing and fireproofing, while the vinyl ones show excellent insulation, airtightness, soundproofing and watertightness.
We have made a compound window composed of aluminum and vinyl. This compound window makes the most of strong points of both materials and, thus, shows excellent insulation, airtightness and windproofing.