Heat balance relations in fuel-heated houses

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Author	Search for: Hedlin, C. P.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council Canada
Format	Text, Article
Subject	Heating; heat balances; heat losses; residential facilities; heating system efficiency estimations; effects of added insulation
Abstract	The heat balance in a house depends on heat inputs and heat losses. By combining measured fuel consumptions for the furnace and hot water system with estimated heat gains from occupants, solar radiation, and electrical appliances, total useful space heat inputs were estimated as a function of outdoor temperature. Heat losses were also calculated as a function of outdoor temperature. From the resulting graphical relationships, estimates were made of heating system efficiencies. Changes in the fuel consumption- outdoor temperature relationship are given for several houses to which insulation was added. In two cases, addition of RSI 2 insulation to the attic and RSI 1.5 to basement walls (previously uninsulated) reduced fuel consumption by about 30%.
Publication date	1984
In	ASHRAE Transactions 90, no. 2A (1984): 207–219.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
Identifier	DBR-P-1255
NRC number	NRCC 24051 NRC-IRC-1830
NPARC number	20378133
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Record identifier	53224af1-8661-48cc-b5d5-d1ee0922714f
Record created	2012-07-24
Record modified	2024-03-22

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