Re:Pretty Good House
by HPsquared on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:20AM
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Those are low-emissivity coatings. Very effective in reducing radiative heat transfer. This is why the glass in a vacuum flask is silvered: metals have low emissivity. These coatings aim to have low IR emissivity while still allowing visible light through (IR light gets reflected, instead of absorbed/emitted).
My point was only that a vacuum gap is still not a perfect insulator, so it's an economic trade-off.
My point was only that a vacuum gap is still not a perfect insulator, so it's an economic trade-off.