[Equest-users] slab on grade makes high U floors?

[norman wheatley]

thats great.

thanks
Norm

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Shaun Martin <
smartin at shaunmartinconsulting.com> wrote:

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> This might help, from Ashrae 2005 p 29.13
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> There are equations in the chapter to allow these calculations.
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>
> Shaun Martin LEED AP
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *norman wheatley
> *Sent:* Friday, February 03, 2012 12:07 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] slab on grade makes high U floors?
>
> Hi,
>
> If you go for the standard 0.73 F-Factor slab on grade floor and then
> check the LV-E report all your floors on the ground level are below ground
> and have very low U-values.
>
> Is this correct behaviour? It seems that the slab is essentially R-33
>
> thanks
> Norm
>
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