Exam 42: Heat Gain and Heat Loss in Buildings

Which of the values given below corresponds to a wall with the highest resistance to the pass of heat?

____________________ walls are walls that separate a conditioned interior space from an unconditioned interior space.

The heat transfer rate through a window is found through: ____.

The net wall area can be expressed mathematically as: ____.

The total heat loss for the basement walls is the product of the heat losses for the below-grade and above-grade walls.

The two important factors that affect the U-value for the below-grade portion of the wall are the materials used to construct the wall and how far below grade the floor is.

Probably the easiest way to determine what size lumber was used to frame a house is to inspect the _____________________.

For calculating the heat gain from appliances, the guideline typically applied to a house with only a refrigerator and a vented cooking surface is ____ Btu/h.

List two negative effects that oversized air conditioning equipment may have.

If a material has an R-value of 30, then the corresponding U-value will be ____.

Identify four ways that heat gains in the conditioned space can occur.

The most basic heat gain and heat loss calculations are based solely on the ____ of the space being conditioned.

The walls of a structure make up a large portion of the ____________________ or shell of the structure.

The term ____ is used to describe walls or portions of walls that are below ground level.

As the ____ increases, the rate of heat transfer from one side of the structure to the other will increase.