Novel Thermal Break with Simplified Manufacturing for R7 Commercial Windows Award Number: DE-EE0006716 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
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August 7, 2014
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Novel Thermal Break with Simplified Manufacturing for R7 Commercial Windows
Award Number: DE-EE0006716
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Buildings Technologies
Date: 8/7/2014
Location(s): Pennsylvania
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Alcoa, Inc. for the production of novel thermal-break technology with simplified manufacturing for new and or retrofit R7 commercial windows. The proposed thermal-break technology is an innovative concept that incorporates a sandwich-type structure where foam is used as thermal-break material captured between two aluminum pieces creating a highly insulating frame system.