A frequent traveler, who lives alone in Washington DC (T 13.2 C, T 12

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A frequent traveler, who lives alone in Washington DC (T̅ ≅ 13.2 C, ΔT ≅ 12 C), is away from home every other week throughout the year. Normally she keeps her thermostat at 20 C, and turns it down to 10 C when she is away. Estimate her fractional savings in heating energy first ignoring the need to reheat her home upon return. Then estimate the correction for reheating. Take AH = 100 m2 and CH = 10 MJ/K, and assume that she has insulated her home so that RH = 2.1 m2 K/W. 

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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