Agree with Toymeister, many things will bring comfort but not cost effective. We built a home with a west facing garage door and front windows. We insulated the garage side (extra), garage door (extra), and above the garage (extra). I don’t think these things really helped from a comfort or a cost savings. I will say when it is cold outside in the winter the garage is a nice temperature, but in the summer still really hot. I probably wouldn’t do these things again, but might add a roll up screen door in the future to remove some of the heat during the day from the garage. Again, more from a comfort perspective.
We did use Solar guys to put tint on our front west facing windows and it definitely helped from a comfort level. They also can provide a warranty for a cost to replace the warranty of the new construction windows.
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