Why Energy Efficient Garage Doors Are Important
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Your garage door covers the largest opening in your home, an Amarr insulated garage door will help reduce the transfer of hot or cold air into your garage. This is important for a number of reasons:
- If you have an attached garage on your home, air in the garage can travel through the doorway to your living area. An insulated garage door will reduce the transfer of air from the outside to the inside.
- If your garage is below another room in your home, air can travel through the ceiling of the garage into the floor of the room above. An insulated garage door will keep temperatures in the garage fairly stable to reduce the temperature fluctuation in the room above.
- If you use your garage as a workshop, gym or entertainment space, your comfort will be a top priority. An insulated garage door will help keep the temperature in the garage within a narrower temperature range as compared to the extreme range of outside temperatures.
- An insulated garage door is generally quieter and has a more attractive interior than a non-insulated door.
Garage door insulating capabilities can be greatly affected by the door construction. For that reason, Amarr insulated garage doors are built to maximize energy efficiency. The door section construction and insulation of Amarr garage doors helps keep your garage as comfortable as possible.
How Energy Efficiency is Measured
Amarr Verified Thermal Performance
Amarr is a participant in the DASMA Thermal Performance Verification Program. All Amarr insulated garage doors have been tested from a certified, third-party lab for legitimate thermal performance U-factor rating. Amarr thermal performance ratings by residential product model are shown below:
DASMA Thermal Performance Verification Program
The DASMA Thermal Performance Verification Program (TPVP) was launched to establish U-factor as the industry standard for thermal performance rating for a sectional door. All U-factor thermal performance ratings by participating sectional door manufacturers have been verified using certified third-party testing and inspection. Learn more about Thermal Performance - DASMA TDS-163.
Identifying DASMA Verified Thermal Performance
Look for the TPVP badge or icon, which can only appear with models that participate in the program. Only participating manufacturers have verification program badge in marketing materials. The badge and/or icon denotes legitimate thermal performance rating (validated by third-party testing).
How are U-factor and R-value different?
The building and construction industry use both R-value and U-factor to measure thermal performance. These thermal performance ratings are not mathematically associated, as the testing methods are completely different.
U-factor
- U-factor is a measure of the rate of heat loss through a material.
- The U-factor number is determined based on an actual test of an entire door assembly.
- The lower the value the less heat transfer through a material.
- Lower is better!
R-value
- R-value is the measure of material thermal resistance to heat flow.
- The R-value number is calculated based on the thickness of the insulation and its chemical properties.
- The higher the value the more the material resists heat transfer
- Higher is better!