A phenomenon in which warm air inside a home rises up and escpaes out through holes in the building envelope, and is replaced by an equal amount of cooler air from outside that enters at the bottom.
What is Stack Effect
300
The actual amount of mositure in the air relative to the total amount of moisture that the air could hold, at a given temperture and pressure
What is Relative Humdity
300
SEER (what the acronym stands for)
What is Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
300
A unit of measure for electrical energy
What is Kilowatt-Hour
400
The boundary between conditioned and unconditioned spaces in a home, where the insulation is installed
What is Thermal Boundary
400
A type of framing used in older homes in which the walls are built before the floors
What is Balloon Framing
400
A simple analog hygrometer that consist of two thermometers. A dry bulb thermometer and a Wet bulb thermometer
What is a Sling Psychrometer
400
The process of testing furnaces, boilers, gas dryers, ovens and other fuel burning appliances for the presence of unsafe levels of CO, and the safe function of their venting system
What is combustion safety testing
400
Which cost benefit metric takes into account interest rates or time value of money
What is Discounted ROI
500
Energy flows naturally from high concentrations to low concentrations
What is 2nd law of Thermodynamics
500
A diagnostic tool used to assess the amount air leakage in a home
What is a Blower Door
500
Bulk, Diffusion & Airborne
What are methods of moisture transport
500
Accounts for 25 - 40% of energy loss in a typical American home
What is duct leakage
500
The efficiency of the conversion of electricity into usable light