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Windows provide us with natural light and fine-looking connections to the outdoors. However, a huge amount of energy is lost through these building envelopes. Similarly, the glazing is used in many other systems such as solar collector covers and photovoltaic cells. This study reviews the most common and contemporary coatings of the glass surface with thin films. It is analyzed how the smart windows operate and help us in enhancing energy efficiency, getting the most out of indoor comfort and improving the performance of solar collectors and PV cells. These intelligent coatings feature different and selective optical properties in different environmental conditions. The analysis emphasizes on the radiation equations and discusses the different scenarios based on these equations.
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Kamalisarvestani, M., Mekhilef, S., Saidur, R. (2013). Analyzing the Optical Performance of Intelligent Thin Films Applied to Architectural Glazing and Solar Collectors. In: Hakansson, A., Höjer, M., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Sustainability in Energy and Buildings. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36645-1_72
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