[BLDG-SIM] Reduction in Energy consumption?

Gunes Inan Gunes.Inan at betek.com.tr
Mon Feb 26 06:56:59 PST 2007


Hi Micha,

As Vikram said, it depends. To give an example, we measured the heating consumption of two identical buildings (one bare, the other insulated with 8 cm thick EPS boards) for 6 months in Northeastern Turkey, where the annual mean temperature is about 6 Celsius. The average reduction in heating energy was 54 %. Depending on the U-value of the bare wall, this may practically change between 30 and 65 %.

If your building is located at a relatively warm region, increasing the thickness of the insulation will not have much effect on results. Also, ventilation frequency should be realistic.
   
Gunes Inan 

R&D Engineer 
Betek Paint and Chemical Corp., Inc. 
Istanbul, Turkey 
Tel: +90.216.396.2070 / Ext: 177 
Fax: +90.216.396.6989

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Kimden: BLDG-SIM at gard.com [mailto:BLDG-SIM at gard.com] Yerine Vikram Sami
Tarih: 26 Şubat 2007 Pazartesi 15:36
Kime: BLDG-SIM at gard.com
Konu: [BLDG-SIM] Reduction in Energy consumption?

The best answer to this would be "It depends".

There are multiple factors that would affect it (skin dominant v/s core dominant), climate, and possibly even usage.



Vikram Sami, LEED AP
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-----Original Message-----
From: BLDG-SIM at gard.com on behalf of micha radi
Sent: Sun 2/25/2007 17:02
To: BLDG-SIM at gard.com
Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Reduction in Energy consumption?
 
Hello there,

What would the reduction roughly be in energy consumption for using thermal 
insulation? I am trying to figure out whether or not my results are 
correct.. Could anyone give me an estimated percentage of such reduction?

My results show very small impact and I am not able to find where my errors 
might lie.

Many Thanks,

Micha

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