Simple Glazing
Note that there are important considerations to using the simple glazing construction. It should be used to describe an entire glazing system and only when very limited information is available. It is also acceptable to use when specific performance levels are being targeted as in the case of standard requirements.
This construction type will only be able to have a simple glass material as a layer. It cannot be used with the detailed glazing or gas material layers. There will be important differences in the construction performance because the simple glazing system model includes its own special model for angular dependence when incident beam solar is not normal to the plane of the window.
If the simple glazing construction has a between-the-glass shade or blind, then the U-value and SHGC of the simple glass material should include the impacts of that layer. This option will not be allowed when the glazing is applied to windows, glass doors and skylights. Only inside or outside shades or blinds will be allowed to be added to windows, glass doors and skylights that have a simple glazing construction library member applied.