No, condition cards like The contact alarm is on can’t be used as trigger, of course not. This zone became active however, is a trigger card.
You said:
What is the trigger? The changing (on/off/temperature) of the thermostat, while the window is open:
Btw, you use the Zone becomes active and Zone is active cards. Do you know how this card works? Are you aware of which devices can activate a zone? Do you know that you can exclude devices from “zone checking”?