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

[Brian Fountain]

It depends on your zone geometry.

See this attached .pdf (if it will post) to see how eQUEST translates 
perimeter insulation into an effective U-value.  (It is also in the 
archives.)



On 2/3/2012 3:07 PM, norman wheatley wrote:
> 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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