Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory International Glazing Database: Data File Format Version 2.0 R. Versluis, R. Powles, M. Yazdanian, M. Rubin, J. Jonsson LBNL - Windows and Daylighting Group August 2012

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 4 2 DEFINITIONS / GLOSSARY ....................................................................................................... 5

2.1 DEFINITION OF FRONT AND BACK SIDE ....................................................................................... 5 2.2 DEFINITION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ....................................................................................... 5 2.3 FORMAT OF NUMBERS ............................................................................................................... 5 2.4 SYSTEMS OF UNITS ................................................................................................................... 5

3 HEADER DATA FORMAT .......................................................................................................... 7 3.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 EXAMPLES ............................................................................................................................... 8

4 GLAZING TYPES ....................................................................................................................... 10 4.1 MONOLITHIC .......................................................................................................................... 10

4.1.1 Definition .......................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.2 Header .............................................................................................................................. 10 4.1.3 Remarks ............................................................................................................................ 10

4.2 COATED ................................................................................................................................. 11 4.2.1 Definition .......................................................................................................................... 11 4.2.2 Header .............................................................................................................................. 11 4.2.3 Remarks ............................................................................................................................ 11

4.3 APPLIED FILM ......................................................................................................................... 12 4.3.1 Definition .......................................................................................................................... 12 4.3.2 Header .............................................................................................................................. 12 4.3.3 Remarks ............................................................................................................................ 12

4.4 FILM ...................................................................................................................................... 13 4.4.1 Definition .......................................................................................................................... 13 4.4.2 Remarks ............................................................................................................................ 13

4.5 LAMINATE.............................................................................................................................. 14 4.5.1 Definition .......................................................................................................................... 14 4.5.2 Header .............................................................................................................................. 14 4.5.3 Structure line ..................................................................................................................... 14 4.5.4 Remarks ............................................................................................................................ 15

4.6 INTERLAYER........................................................................................................................... 16 4.6.1 Definition .......................................................................................................................... 16 4.6.2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 16 4.6.3 Measurements.................................................................................................................... 16 4.6.4 HEader .............................................................................................................................. 17

4.7 EMBEDDED COATING .............................................................................................................. 18 4.7.1 Definition .......................................................................................................................... 18 4.7.2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 18 4.7.3 Measurements.................................................................................................................... 18 4.7.4 Header .............................................................................................................................. 18

5 HEADER DATA REFERENCE .................................................................................................. 19 5.1 UNITS, WAVELENGTH UNITS................................................................................................... 19 5.2 THICKNESS ............................................................................................................................. 19 5.3 CONDUCTIVITY ...................................................................................................................... 20 5.4 IR TRANSMITTANCE ............................................................................................................... 21 5.5 EMISSIVITY, FRONT BACK ....................................................................................................... 22 5.6 PRODUCT NAME ..................................................................................................................... 23

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5.7 MANUFACTURER .................................................................................................................... 24 5.8 TYPE ...................................................................................................................................... 25 5.9 MATERIAL ............................................................................................................................. 26 5.10 COATING NAME ..................................................................................................................... 27 5.11 COATED SIDE ......................................................................................................................... 28 5.12 SUBSTRATE FILENAME............................................................................................................ 29 5.13 APPEARANCE ......................................................................................................................... 30 5.14 STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................ 31 5.15 INTERLAYER APPEARANCE ..................................................................................................... 32 5.16 INTERLAYER PRODUCT NAME ................................................................................................. 32 5.17 INTERLAYER CODE ................................................................................................................. 33 5.18 INTERLAYER NOMINAL THICKNESS ......................................................................................... 33 5.19 INTERLAYER MATERIAL ......................................................................................................... 34 5.20 ACCEPTANCE ......................................................................................................................... 35 5.21 NFRC ID ............................................................................................................................... 35 5.22 HIDDEN .................................................................................................................................. 36 5.23 USES ...................................................................................................................................... 36 5.24 AVAILABILITY ........................................................................................................................ 36

6 SPECTRAL DATA FORMAT .................................................................................................... 37 7 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 39

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1 INTRODUCTION

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