danny80
2024-04-14 07:58:22
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The SFP doesn’t matter to us at all, I only use it to get the U-values. The (obvious) window and door replacement is also the only measure we are taking. I am very grateful for your answers but somehow the thread went in the wrong direction and unfortunately none of my questions have been answered or I don’t understand it. As already mentioned, the SFP is irrelevant and I didn’t ask any questions about it. Maybe my question wasn’t clear enough and I’ll try it differently:
A fictional standard multi-family house has 4 residential units and a stairwell. The apartments are all insulated from the inside (with a U-value that allows triple-glazed windows). The stairwell was not insulated and has a U-value that allows double-glazed windows. All the windows are from 1970, so very old. The residents like to keep their front door open for a long time. The windows in the apartments will definitely be replaced with new ones. In this case, would one also replace the windows (with the best possible, i.e. double-glazed) or does that make no sense from an energetic or building physics perspective? Is the heat loss, for example, negligible since the heating is in the apartments and they retain the heat? Or is it even counterproductive because it promotes mold growth, since old windows provide a constant air exchange? Should all windows (apartments and stairwell) be kept at the same level (e.g. all only double-glazed) or can they be mixed?
A fictional standard multi-family house has 4 residential units and a stairwell. The apartments are all insulated from the inside (with a U-value that allows triple-glazed windows). The stairwell was not insulated and has a U-value that allows double-glazed windows. All the windows are from 1970, so very old. The residents like to keep their front door open for a long time. The windows in the apartments will definitely be replaced with new ones. In this case, would one also replace the windows (with the best possible, i.e. double-glazed) or does that make no sense from an energetic or building physics perspective? Is the heat loss, for example, negligible since the heating is in the apartments and they retain the heat? Or is it even counterproductive because it promotes mold growth, since old windows provide a constant air exchange? Should all windows (apartments and stairwell) be kept at the same level (e.g. all only double-glazed) or can they be mixed?