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by elil17 1247 days ago
I assume by “thermal infrared” you mean the IR produced by approximately room temperature objects. Incandescent bulbs produce much higher energy infrared because the filament reaches about 2000 Celsius. Those higher energy waves can go through glass.
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Right, that's true, I was thinking about it wrong.

Still, not much is going to hit a window on average. So maybe 90% efficient.