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The Performance Check Between Whole Building Thermal Performance Criteria and Exterior Wall Measured Clear Wall R-Value, Thermal Bridging, thermal mass and airtightness

Author(s)

Kosny Jan,

Christian Jeffrey E,

Desjarlais Andre O,

Kossecka Elisabeth,

Berrenberg Lance

Organization(s)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory,

ORNL,

Polish Academy of Sciences,

PAN,

American Polysteel Forms,

U.S. Department of Energy,

DOE

Publication Date

June, 1998

Paper that illustrates a performance check between the thermal performance of a Massive Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) wall system mocked up and Whole Building Performance criteria such as total space heating and cooling loads (thermal comfort).