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Considering only conductive heat losses, calculate the heating load in BTU/H for a home constructed as...

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Considering only conductive heat losses, calculate the heatingload in BTU/H for a home constructed as follows:

walls: 2 inch hardwood planks, plus 1/2 inch lapped wood sidingand 1/2 sheetrock (drywall) inside.

roof: flat, 1 inch plywood finished with asbestos shingles, with3.5 inches fiberglass insulation.

floor: 25/32 inch wood subfloor with 3/4 inch hardwood finish,over unheated crawl space

windows: single pain glass, covering 25% of the wall area

House size is 28 ft x 40 ft x 10 ft high

Assume the home is maintained 40F warmer than outside, and 10Fwarmer than the crawlspace.

Assume your answer in units of BTU/hr

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