Heat loss

Heat loss

Heat escaping from a home usually to outside air. Heat gains and losses are expressed in BTU's per hour.

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heat loss

Building materials; Lumber

Heat escaping from a home usually to outside air. Heat gains and losses are expressed in BTU's per hour.

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The heat that flows from the building interior, through the building envelope to the outside environment.

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The amount of heat lost, measured in BTU's from a space to be conditioned, at the local winter outdoor design temperature and a specified indoor design condition.

heat loss

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The sum cooling effect of a building structure when the outdoor temperature is lower than the desired indoor temperature.

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A decrease in the amount of heat contained in a space, resulting from heat flow through walls, windows, roof and other building surfaces and from ex-filtration of warm air.

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Currents created by heating air, which then rises and pulls cooler air behind it.

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