kutupembe wrote:
I am in the process of choosing windows for a SIPS home to be built in
northern Minnesota.

Here are the things I have heard:

Contractor- Don't waste your money on Triple-pane, the house is so well
insulated that the difference in energy cost won't be worth it. Also,
triple panes means two areas where seals can fail.

On this site- Energy savings is the same because the insulation
advantage of the triple-pane is countered by the fact that it reflects
more energy.

Friends - Dorwin (sp?) triple-paned have been great.

Friend - Really like H-window triple paned



I am looking for more advice. Thanks



A hundred or so miles north.

http://www.mts.net/~lmlod/Cabinfront6.jpg

Those are all triple pane. They don't start sweating
until it gets down to the neg. 30's. My cheap neighbors
double panes are a waterfall by then.

Forget the hype, the marketing, and the no nothing experts.

Triple is the only way to go in cold country.

They are also better sound insulators. This is my
front yard.

http://www.mts.net/~lmlod/Sailboat3.jpg

Boats and Seado's all summer, snowmobiles all winter.
I hardly ever hear them. Barely notice the idiots with no
mufflers.