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A building that is elongated in the east-west direction, with the majority of the windows on the south side. The area of the windows is generally limited to about 7% of the total floor area. A sun-tempered design has no added thermal mass beyond what is already in the framing, wall board, and so on. Insulation levels are generally high.
Industry:Energy
A building structural element that is built onto a building's exterior along the inner edges of all the windows, and extending from the ground to the eaves. Wingwalls help ventilate rooms that have only one exterior wall which leads to poor cross ventilation. Wingwalls cause fluctuations in the natural wind direction to create moderate pressure differences across the windows. They are only effective on the windward side of the building.
Industry:Energy
A building material made from clay, straw, and water, formed into blocks, and dried; used traditionally in the southwestern U.S.
Industry:Energy
A building heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system that distributes conditioned air to individual zones or rooms.
Industry:Energy
A building energy auditing technique used to determine and/or locate air leaks in a building shell or envelope.
Industry:Energy
A building energy auditing technique for locating areas of low insulation in a building envelope by means of a thermographic scanner.
Industry:Energy
A building element that shades windows, walls, and doors from direct solar radiation and protects these elements from precipitation.
Industry:Energy
A building element that provides protection against the sun, wind, and precipitation.
Industry:Energy
A building design that uses structural elements of a building to heat and cool a building, without the use of mechanical equipment, which requires careful consideration of the local climate and solar energy resource, building orientation, and landscape features, to name a few. The principal elements include proper building orientation, proper window sizing and placement and design of window overhangs to reduce summer heat gain and ensure winter heat gain, and proper sizing of thermal energy storage mass (for example a Trombe wall or masonry tiles). The heat is distributed primarily by natural convection and radiation, though fans can also be used to circulate room air or ensure proper ventilation.
Industry:Energy
A building construction technique used to create a continuous air retarder that uses the drywall, gaskets, and caulking. Gaskets are used rather than caulking to seal the drywall at the top and bottom. Although it is an effective energy-saving technique, it was designed to keep airborne moisture from damaging insulation and building materials within the wall cavity.
Industry:Energy
