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WORKING GROUP Energy efficiency of windows in historic buildings 1 1 1 2 3 Dagmar Exner , Elena Lucchi , Alexandra Troi , Franz Freundorfer , Mathilde André , Waltraud Kofler Engl4 1 Eurac Research – Istituto per le Energie Rinnovabili, Viale Druso, 1, 39100 Bolzano/Bozen – Italy. dagmar.exner@eurac.edu; elena.lucchi@eurac.edu, alexandra.troi@eurac.ed 2 phc Franz Freundorfer, Martin-Greif-Straße 20, 83080 Oberaudorf – Germany 3 Menuiserie André Sàrl, 163 route de Chantemerle-les-Blés, 26260 Chavannes – France, mathilde@andre- menuiserie.fr 4 Direktorin des Amtes für Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler, Armando Diaz Str. 8, 39100 Bolzano/Bozen – Italy, waltraud.kofler@provinz.bz.it 1 Introduction Windows are inseparable components of the building envelope. They shape the building from architecture point of view – and in a historic building, this aesthetical value is complemented by the value of perhaps still preserved original material. They provide daylight, fresh air and view to the outside, but are energetically speaking also the weak part of the thermal envelope: The thermal transmittance of windows was in the past and remains till today lower than for walls. But windows also let in solar radiation which lightens and heats up the room. Therefore, by optimizing gains and minimizing losses, windows have a huge potential to save energy. Building efficiency legislation actually has triggered replacement of traditional windows recently, but inappropriate window replacements or upgrades can ruin the historical value of the building and, in addition, cause problems of building physics nature, like condensation, and thermal bridges. In the recent history two main mistakes