Building Science
Building Assessment
Air Leakage Dianosing
Building Shell
Health & Safety
100
I can raise 1lbs of water 1 degree
What is a BTU?
100
Insulation + air barrier =
What is Thermal Boundry?
100
Equipment used to determine air leakage in a home.
What is a blower door & Manometer?
100
Fiberglass, cellulose, vermiculite,rock wool.
What are types of fibrous insulation?
100
Combustion by-products, Hazardous dust, volatile organic compounds(VOC)
What are types of indoor pollutants?
200
Conduction, convection & radiation
What are types of heat tranmission
200
Two types of energy consumption in a house
What are baseload & Seasonal?
200
For every cubic foot of air exhausted through the blower door, a cubic foot enters _____________.
What is through air leaks/building shell?
200
Extruded polystyrene, Expanded polystryrene and polyisocyanuate
What are types of rigid foam insulation?
200
First and best step to remedy indoor pollutants
What is source control?
300
Solar heat radiation & Infrared
What are types of Radiation heat transmission?
300
Platform & Ballon
What are two types of building construction?
300
Means With-Reference-To
What is WRT?
300
U-factor, solar heat gain coefficient, Visible transmittance and Air leakage
What are window ratings included on NFRC stickers?
300
EPA 1 hour limit for CO(carbon monoxide)
What is 35ppm(parts per million)
400
Leaking out the top of a house creates a vacuum, causing positive pressure and drawing air through lower leaks.
What is stack effect?
400
Keeps air from moving through insulation?
What is air barrier?
400
Used for converting cfm50 to natural conditions
What is the 'N-factor'
400
Minimum U-factor for a window
What is .035?
400
EPA exposure limit in homes for Radon
What is 4pCi/l?
500
Number of BTU's released by 1 gallon of heating oil
What is 139,000
500
Exterior inspection, Interior inspection,measure and evaluate air leakage, test heating system & evaluate duct energy efficiency
What are steps/components of a energy audit?
500
Tools needed to complete a duct leakage to outdoors test
What are a blower door, duct blaster and manometers?
500
Ballon framing, half story construction, chimneys, dropped soffits, plumbing/heating chases and plate penetrations
What are common air leakage sites?
500
Formula's -- (.35 x volume divided by 60 ) x n-factor ( 15 x occupants) x n-factor
What are ASHRAE 62-1989 MVG formulas?
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