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Terminology Terms and Ology of Air
CONFUSING THINGS THAT MATTER
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100

This wall area is not disgusting but it is gross

What is Gross Wall Area?

100

The R-Value is inverse to get this value?

What is the R-Value?

100

Entering through the cracks of windows, ceilings and doors.

What is INFILTRATION?

100

Between very little, minimum, small, and great, it is the amount of heat lost through a roof.

What id GREAT?

100

Qentirewall =  ______ + ______ + _______

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What is Qnetwall + Qwindows + Qdoors

200

The blower door test is performed with a pressure differential of 50 pascals for this kind of test?

WHAT IS A BLOWER DOOR TEST?

200

This U-value is inverse to get this value?

What is U-Value?

200

Escaping through the cracks of windows, ceilings and doors?

What is EXFILTRATION?

200

Sealing the envelope is a great way to mail a letter and also this for your home. 2 answers.

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What is ENERGY EFFICIENCY and COMFORT?

200

LAMEL

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What is Lighting, appliance, and miscellaneous electrical loads?

300

This value not to be confused with the U value is the value that can be summed up a a total part of the value of materials for a wall calculated by the values of each material added to the whole.

What is R-Value?

300

Over-sized HVAC equipment.

What is the correct-sized HVAC equipment?

300

Area where air can infiltrate and exfiltrate.

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What is a THERMAL BYPASS?

300

It may a difficult place to install but Rigid fill, Roll in place and Rolls and Batts are not going to get it done, so we have to use this form of insulation.

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What is LOOSE-FIILL INSULATON? 

300

Back-drafting on the furnace could show signs of this.

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What is FLAME-ROLL OUT?

400

This method is not the J-Manual method, but is better for baking.

What is the cookie-cutter method?

400

This is the R-Value for Wood Door 2.25" Solid...

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What is U-Value of 0.27?

400

Once we plug in the CFM and the TD and the DG we can get these two heat calculations for Infiltration.

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What are Sensible and Latent Heats?

400

These investigative-assessments can expose the building's "hidden Unknowns"?

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What are DIAGNOSTIC TESTS?

400

Windows should be inspected for this low-e factor. 

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What is EMITTANCE?

500

This can be entered in the computer, leave the wall, used to catch crabs, remove a door, placed on your head, remove a window, used to play movies....

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What is Net Wall Area?

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This term would be used to describe above-ground level.

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What is Below-Grade?

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What TD and DG mean when calculating Infiltration.

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What is Temperature Difference and Grains of Moisture?

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The U-value is 0.027 and the R-value is R-19 with three 2.25 Solid Wood doors and two Single Pane windows of each of four walls with total value of R-19 Insulation except the second wall. The outside and inside air have no temperature differential so this is the rate of heat transfer with the above values in place.

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What is ZERO?

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These areas of a home are warmed by wasted heat.

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What are INTERMEDIATE ZONES?

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