A homeowner turns down the thermostat from T s =18.3 C to T s =

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A homeowner turns down the thermostat from Ts =18.3 C to Ts = 16.3 C for ttotal = 8 h every night. Including the effects of reheating, compute the fraction of heating energy saved compared with leaving the other most at set at 18.3 C throughout. Assume that the outside temperature remains fixed at 0 C. First calculate the time Δt that the heat is off while the dwelling cools by 2 C. Then compute the energy saved at the low thermostat setting, and finally compute the energy required for reheating. Evaluate your result for the referenced welling with AH = 100 m2, RH = 0.7 m2 K/W, and CH = 10 MJ/K. How significant are the effects of reheating?

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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