embodied carbon content

In a densely populated country like India, there is a lot of building construction happening daily and people due to a lack of awareness and information always tend to use simple, cheaper, and easily available window glazing which is less energy efficient, this happens due to the technology gap and lack of comparative analysis of different types window glazing. This study examines how different window glazing perform when it comes to changes in solar gains, embodied carbon content, heating and cooling loads as a result of the physical and optical characteristics of conventional windows and advanced window technologies with the help of computer simulations using building energy modeling in DesignBuilder software. The primary goal of this paper is to provide engineers with a comparative analysis of a wide range of window glazing and suggest the optimum case in which there is reduced decooling and heating loads for a given space along with the amount solar gain into the building's interior making the building’s energy efficient and reduce the carbon footprint that helps in earning carbon credits which will further reduce cost and payback period. The simulations and analysis are done for the composite climate of Roorkee, India.