My drinking capabilities are increased by maintaining a 71F temp in my house....you lose.lexaal wrote:QUOTE (lexaal @ Jul 24 2015, 05:43 PM) In europe we fix those problems by drinking and heavy drinking. You all are AC sissys.
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The thermal mass of the typical English construction and degree day comparison explains it. There ls not some superior gene or morale code involved here. In fact net energy usage in the British.Isles is worse using a cement block with a brick facade compared to a typical home here which has a R factor 3-4 times higher. In the summer cement block w brick facade lovingly soaks the heat long enough that the temperature outside is lower shedding it.back outside. During the winter that same construction low R factor, high thermal mass makes warming you to shirt sleeve comfort.levels cost prohibitive to the point sacrificing comfort tof save a pound makes sense and negating some of the disadvantages of the low R factor..
Enthalpy considers the contributions of humidity. Psychometric chart ftw.
When doing a comparison between two areas in these discussions requires understanding ambient conditions so use degree days for a partial ftw. Contributions of typical humidity levels, solar loads, wind exposure are not considered and tend to being structure dependent.
Adding four inches of insulation in the roof joust is of margainly benefit for the summer is my guess. The home's solar load doesn't change just the time it takes to reach out and touch the occupants. It will delay the heat entering the living space but is it long enough the outside temperature drops low enough so it will shed it back out. Completely shooting from the hip here but my guess is installing an attic fan would have been significantly better from a comfort to Euro perspective
Enthalpy considers the contributions of humidity. Psychometric chart ftw.
When doing a comparison between two areas in these discussions requires understanding ambient conditions so use degree days for a partial ftw. Contributions of typical humidity levels, solar loads, wind exposure are not considered and tend to being structure dependent.
Adding four inches of insulation in the roof joust is of margainly benefit for the summer is my guess. The home's solar load doesn't change just the time it takes to reach out and touch the occupants. It will delay the heat entering the living space but is it long enough the outside temperature drops low enough so it will shed it back out. Completely shooting from the hip here but my guess is installing an attic fan would have been significantly better from a comfort to Euro perspective
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