Effects of Different
Sequences of Materials in the Massive Walls on Energy Consumption in
Continuously Used Residential Buildings
List of Figures
Figure 1.
Walls of differing structures composed of concrete and insulation.
Figure 2. Dimensionless response factors RT×Yn for walls 1
through 6.
Figure 3.
Decrement factor versus structure-dependent time constant RTCjie.
Figure 4. Admittance response amplitude vs. thermal
mass factor Cjii.
Figure 5. Correlations of the internal and
external temperature amplitude ratio, calculated for the simple building model,
with the thermal mass factor Cjii.
Figure 6. Floor plan of the representative one-story
ranch house used in calculating heating and cooling loads.
Figure 7. Differences in the heating, cooling, and
total loads between wall 4, the least efficient, and wall 3, the most
efficient.
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Updated August 16, 2001 by Diane McKnight