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The design heating load of a building is an estimate of the rate at which a building loses heat during the near minimum outdoor temperature.
Pregunta 2
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One can assume that individual room heating loads are proportional to room floor area.
Pregunta 3
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The R-value of a material is not directly proportional to its thickness.
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Many residential and commercial buildings have concrete floor slabs rather than crawl spaces or full basements. Downward heat losses are relatively small from interior areas of the floor slab.
Pregunta 5
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The U-value of any material or assembly is simply the reciprocal of the R-value of that material or assembly.
Pregunta 6
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Heat is lost through all building surfaces that separate heated space from unheated space.
Pregunta 7
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It is relatively easy to assess the location and magnitude of all the air leakage paths in a typical building.
Pregunta 8
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The number of heating degree days that accumulate in a 24-hour period is the difference between 72 F and the average outdoor air temperature during that period.
Pregunta 9
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Knowing how many MMBtu a building requires over a typical heating season is not of much use to most owners.
Pregunta 10
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A boiler, furnace, or small space heater operating on the same fuel, at the same assumed conversion efficiency, would produce the same estimated annual heating cost.
Pregunta 11
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The heating load is __________ of heat flow from the building to the outside air.
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a rate
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the quantity
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the cost
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one unit
Pregunta 12
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The proper approach is to perform a heat load calculation __________.
Pregunta 13
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An object's thermal __________ can be defined as its thickness in the direction of heat flow divided by its thermal conductivity.
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reactivity
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reproduction
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reciprocity
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resistance
Pregunta 14
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Heat flow from a basement or slab-on-grade foundation is determined by complex interactions between the building, the surrounding soil, insulation materials (if present), and the __________.
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depth of the foundation
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orientation of the structure
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air temperature above grade
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planned usage of the room
Pregunta 15
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All building surfaces that separate heated space from unheated space (walls, windows, ceilings, doors, foundation, etc.) are called the __________ of the building.
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thermal envelope
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heat load variables
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resistance factors
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thermal qualifiers
Pregunta 16
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The U-value of any material or assembly is simply the reciprocal of the __________ of that material or assembly.
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heat load
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temperature
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exposure
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R-value
Pregunta 17
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In addition to conduction losses, heat is also carried out of buildings by uncontrolled air leakage. This is called __________ heat loss.
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anti-thermal
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infiltration
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insulation
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environmental
Pregunta 18
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One common method of factoring local weather conditions into estimates of heating energy use is based on heating _________.
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prognostication
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thermometers
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historical records
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degree days
Pregunta 19
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Once the __________ price of the fuel options has been calculated, a simple multiplication determines the estimated seasonal heating cost in dollars.
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effective
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unit
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advertised
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estimated
Pregunta 20
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To estimate the annual space heating cost provided by an electrically operated heat pump, its average COP must be factored in. What does COP stand for?