CIBSE Buildi ng Cooling L oad
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Name : A Student
Job : Example 3.2
Job ref : Offices phas e 3
Date : 26Mar08
Time : 12:00:00 AM
File : A:[Link]
Walls are ta ken as : light colour ed
Flat roof ta ken as : dark coloure d
New data is entered unde r column hea dings underl ined with ========.
All data is calculated w hen columns are headed w ith ********.
Cooling load due to sola r gain throu gh glazing, W/m2
CIBSE Table A9.15, 51.7o N latitude, intermittent use of in ternal blind
Date Orientation Sun Time, h
1000 1200 1600
W/m2 W/m2 W/m2
21 June N 114 138 111
NE 81 151 124
E 254 88 125
SE 282 207 110
S 179 238 89
SW 105 183 261
W 114 139 314
NW 115 140 204
Cooling load due to sola r gain throu gh glazing, W/m2
CIBSE Table A9.15, 51.7o N latitude, intermittent use of in ternal blind
Date Orientation Sun Time, h
1000 1200 1600
W/m2 W/m2 W/m2
22 September N 76 104 73
NE 89 105 74
E 220 52 75
SE 330 262 74
S 262 333 137
SW 78 237 274
W 75 103 258
NW 75 103 156
Correction F actors to Gl azing Coolin g Load
CIBSE Table A9.15, light weight build ing.
Closed, ligh t slatted bl inds.
Glass Type Single Glazi ng Double Gla zing
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clear 6 mm 0.77 0.74
tinted 6 mm 0.77 0.55
tinted 10 mm 0.73 0.47
reflecting 0.57 0.41
mirrored 0.34 0.21
Window Therm al Transmitt ance U W/m2 K
CIBSE Table A3.14 *
User data **
Aluminium fr ame with the rmal break.
Frame occupi es 10% of op ening.
Glass Type Single Glazi ng Double Gla zing
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clear 6 mm 5.70 3.30 *
tinted 6 mm 5.70 3.30 **
tinted 10 mm 5.70 3.30 **
reflecting 5.70 3.30 **
mirrored 5.70 3.30 **
Wall Thermal Data
CIBSE Table A3.17
Thermal Admittance
No. Type U W/m2 K Y W/m2 K
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1 105 mm brick, 10 m m cavity, 40 mm batts,
100 mm lightweight concrete bl ock,
13 mm lightweight plaster 0.45 2.40
2 200 mm heavyweight block, 25 m m cavity,
10 mm foil backed plasterboard 1.50 1.90
3 220 mm brick, 25 mmm cavity,
10 mm foil backed plasterboard 1.20 1.80
4 10 mm tiles, paper , 25 mm cavi ty,
100 mm batts, 10 m m plasterboa rd 0.33 0.66
Roof Thermal Data
CIBSE Table A3.18 and A3 .19
Thermal Admittance
No. Type U W/m2 K Y W/m2 K
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5 corrug ated asbesto s or steel s heet 6.50 6.50
6 corrug ated asbesto s or steel s heet,
cavity , 100 mm bat ts, 10 mm pl asterboard 0.35 0.67
7 10 mm tile, paper, cavity, 100 mm batts,
10 mm plasterboard 0.35 0.67
8 19 mm asphalt, 75 mm screed, 1 50 mm cast
concre te, 13 mm pl aster 1.90 5.70
9 19 mm asphalt, 13 mm particle board,
cavity , 75 mm batt s, 10 mm pla sterboard 0.40 0.70
Partition Th ermal Data CIBSE Table A3.20 and A3.21
Thermal Admittance
No. Type U W/m2 K Y W/m2 K
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10 105 mm brickwork, 13 mm plaste red 1.80 3.60
11 100 mm lightweight concrete bl ock,
13 mm plastered 1.10 2.30
12 25 mm plasterboard , cavity,
25 mm plasterboard 1.40 1.10
13 25 mm wood block f loor, 50 mm screed,
150 mm cast concre te: (a) Floor 1.50 2.90
(b) Ceiling 1.50 6.00
14 10 mm timber floor , cavity, 25 mm batts,
16 mm plasterboard ceiling:(a) Floor 0.81 0.63
(b) Ceiling 0.81 0.88
Outside Temp eratures, Te o, Tao oC
Time lags, w alls 9 h, ro of 1 h.
SOLA IR TEMPERATU RE Teo oC
Date Orientation Sun Time, h
0100 0300 0700 24 h Teo
21 June N 11.5 10.5 14.5 18.00
NE 11.5 10.5 24.5 19.50
E 11.5 10.5 28.0 20.50
SE 11.5 10.5 23.5 20.50
S 11.5 10.5 14.0 20.00
SW 11.5 10.5 14.0 20.50
W 11.5 10.5 14.0 20.50
NW 11.5 10.5 14.0 19.50
0900 1100 1500 24 h Teo
Horizontal r oof Teo oC 38.0 48.0 44.5 26.00
1000 1200 1600 24 h Tao
Outside Air Tao oC 16.5 19.0 22.0 16.50
Outside Temp eratures, Te o, Tao oC
Time lags, w alls 9 h, ro of 1 h.
SOLA IR TEMPERATU RE Teo oC
Date Orientation Sun Time, h
0100 0300 0700 24 h Teo
22 September N 12.0 10.5 12.0 16.00
NE 12.0 10.5 16.5 16.50
E 12.0 10.5 20.5 18.00
SE 12.0 10.5 19.5 19.50
S 12.0 10.5 14.0 20.50
SW 12.0 10.5 12.0 19.50
W 12.0 10.5 12.0 18.00
NW 12.0 10.5 12.0 16.50
0900 1100 1500 24 h Teo
Horizontal r oof Teo oC 27.5 38.0 33.0 20.00
1000 1200 1600 24 h Tao
Outside Air Tao oC 15.5 18.5 20.0 15.50
ROOM DESIGN DATA
ROOM 1 Input Data Calculated
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Site locatio n : Portsmouth
Altitude : 10 m
Locality : city centre
Name : Office 1
Floor : top
Activity : office work
Room air tem p Tai : 22.0 oC d.b.
Resultant te mp Tc : 21.0 oC
Outdoor air te
Tao : 30.0 oC
Infiltration N : 0.25 air change/h
Outside air Qo : 10.0 litre/s per person
Outside air Qo : 1.3 litre/s per m2 floor
ROOM DESIGN DATA
ROOM 1 Input Data Calculated
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Exposure = normal
Number of oc cupants = 4
Occupant hea t emission = 90 Watt Sensibl e
Occupant hea t emission = 50 Watt Latent
Lighting = 0 W/m2 floor
Electrical e quipment = 400 Watt
Air conditio ning plant = 10 hours
Calculation Date = 22 September
Outside air for people = 40.0 litre/s
Outside air for floor = 32.5 litre/s
Design Outsi de air Qo = 40.0 litre/s
Room Surface & Volume Da ta
Office 1 Input Data Calculated
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Room area & volume calcu lation:
Area 1 : length m = 5.00
width m = 5.00
height m = 3.00
volume = 75.00 m3
floor area = 25.00 m2
Area 2 : length m = 0.00
width m = 0.00
height m = 0.00
volume = 0.00 m3
floor area = 0.00 m2
Total room v olume V = 75.00 m3
Total floor area Af = 25.00 m2
Window & Doo r Data
Input Data
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Window U = 3.30 W/m2 K
Door U = 3.30 W/m2 K
Rooflight U = 0.00 W/m2 K
Solar Gain D ata
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Wall 1: Input Data Calculated
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Date : 22 September
Orientation : S
Thermal Tran smittance U : 0.45 W/m2 K
Admittance Y : 2.40 W/m2 K
Solar gain t hrough windo w : 333 W/m2
Window solar transmissio n factor : 0.74
Peak window solar gain t ime : 12 hours
Wall time la g : 9 hours
Time of heat gain to wal l : 3
Wall decreme nt factor : 0.42
Mean 24 hour Teo : 25.0 oC
Teo at : 3.00 hours : 10.5 oC
Swing in Teo from 24 h m ean : 14.5
Mean 24 hour Tao : 15.5 oC
Tao at : 12.00 hours : 18.5 oC
Swing in Tao from 24 h m ean : 3.0
Solar Gain D ata
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Wall 2 Input Data Calculated
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Date : 22 September
Orientation : E
Thermal Tran smittance U : 0.00 W/m2 K
Admittance Y : 2.30 W/m2 K
Solar gain t hrough windo w : 260 W/m2
Window solar transmissio n factor : 0.74
Peak window solar gain t ime : 9 hours
Wall time la g : 9 hours
Time of heat gain to wal l : 0
Wall decreme nt factor : 0.42
Mean 24 hour Teo : 20.5 oC
Teo at : 0.00 hours : 13.0 oC
Swing in Teo from 24 h m ean : 7.5
Mean 24 hour Tao : 15.5 oC
Tao at :: 9.00 hours : 14.0 oC
Swing in Tao from 24 h m ean : 1.5
Solar Gain D ata
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Wall 3 Input Data Calculated
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Date : 22 September
Orientation : W
Thermal Tran smittance U : 0.00 W/m2 K
Admittance Y : 2.30 W/m2 K
Solar gain t hrough windo w : 258 W/m2
Window solar transmissio n factor : 0.74
Peak window solar gain t ime : 16 hours
Wall time la g : 9 hours
Time of heat gain to wal l : 7
Wall decreme nt factor : 0.42
Mean 24 hour Teo : 20.5 oC
Teo at : 7.00 hours : 13.0 oC
Swing in Teo from 24 h m ean : 7.5
Mean 24 hour Tao : 15.5 oC
Tao at : 16.00 hours : 20.0 oC
Swing in Tao from 24 h m ean : 4.5
Solar Gain D ata
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Wall 4 Input Data Calculated
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Date : 22 September
Orientation : N
Thermal Tran smittance U : 0.00 W/m2 K
Admittance Y : 2.30 W/m2 K
Solar gain t hrough windo w : 107 W/m2
Window solar transmissio n factor : 0.74
Peak window solar gain t ime : 13 hours
Wall time la g : 9 hours
Time of heat gain to wal l : 4
Wall decreme nt factor : 0.42
Mean 24 hour Teo : 17.0 oC
Teo at : 4.00 hours : 10.5 oC
Swing in Teo from 24 h m ean : 6.5
Mean 24 hour Tao : 15.5 oC
Tao at : 13.00 hours : 19.5 oC
Swing in Tao from 24 h m ean : 4.0
Solar Gain D ata
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Horizontal R oof Input Data Calculated
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Date : 22 September
Orientation : horizontal
Thermal Tran smittance U : 0.40 W/m2 K
Admittance Y : 0.70 W/m2 K
Solar gain t hrough roofl ight : 0 W/m2
Window solar transmissio n factor : 0.00 hours
Peak solar g ain time : 12 hours
Roof time la g : 1 hours
Time of heat gain to wal l : 11
Roof decreme nt factor : 0.70
Mean 24 hour Teo : 20.0 oC
Teo at : 11.00 hours : 38.0 oC
Swing in Teo from 24 h m ean : 18.0
Mean 24 hour Tao : 15.5 oC
Tao at : 12.00 hours : 18.5 oC
Swing in Tao from 24 h m ean : 3.0
Heat Gain Da ta
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Internal Wal ls Input Data Calculated
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Date 22 September
Orientation : internal
Thermal Tran smittance U : 1.1 W/m2 K
Admittance Y : 2.3 W/m2 K
Surface Fact or F : 0.88
Time Lag phi : 1 hours
Temperature other side Tc2 : 21.0 oC
Surface Orientation Cooling W/m2 Correction length m height m
******* *********** ************ ********** ======== ========
wall 1 S 0 0.00 5.00 3.00
window 1 S 333 0.74 3.00 2.00
window 2 S 333 0.74 0.00 0.00
door 1 S 333 0.74 0.00 0.00
Nett wall area =
wall 2 E 0 0.00 5.00 3.00
window 3 E 260 0.74 0.00 0.00
window 4 E 260 0.74 0.00 0.00
door 2 E 260 0.74 0.00 0.00
Nett wall area =
Surface Orientation Cooling W/m2 Correction length m height m
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wall 3 W 0 0.00 5.00 3.00
window 5 W 258 0.74 0.00 0.00
window 6 W 258 0.74 0.00 0.00
door 3 W 258 0.74 0.00 0.00
Nett wall area =
wall 4 N 0 0.00 5.00 3.00
window 7 N 107 0.74 0.00 0.00
window 8 N 107 0.74 0.00 0.00
door 4 N 107 0.74 0.00 0.00
Nett wall area =
Surface Orientation Cooling W/m2 Correction length m width m
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floor 1 internal 0 0.00 5.00 5.00
floor 2 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
ceiling 1 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
ceiling 2 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
roof 1 flat 0 0.00 5.00 5.00
roof 2 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
Output Data Results
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Summation of room surfac e areas A = 110.000 m2
Check surfac e area A2 = 110.000 m2
Error in are as A3 = 0.000 m2
Summation of (A x U) = 33.85 W/K
Summation of (A x Y) = 234.90 W/K
Infiltration rate Q = 0.0052 m3/s
Factor Fv = 0.9907 dimensionles
s
Factor Fu = 0.9832
factor Fy = 0.8939
factor F2 = 1.0504
Fu/Fv Fu/Fv = 0.9924
Fy/Fv Fy/Fv = 0.9023
(AxU)/(A) (AxU)/(A) = 0.31 W/m2 K
(NxV)/3xA) (NxV/3xA) = 0.06 m/h
Heat Gain Ou tput Data
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Solar gain t hrough windo ws Qs = 1479 W
Occupancy se nsible heat Qo = 360 W
Lighting hea t gain Ql = 0 W
Equipment he at gain Qe = 400 W
24 hour mean conduction gain Qu = 102 W
Net swing in conduction gain Qu~ = 192 W
Infiltration heat gain Qv = 58 W
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** Sensible heat gain Qps = 2387 Watts **
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Occupancy la tent heat ga in Qpl = 200 W
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#### Qps = 2387 Watts sensible ####
#### Qps = 2.387 kW sensible ####
#### Qps = 31.8 W/m3 sensible ####
#### Qps = 95.5 W/m2 sensible ####
#### Qpl = 200 W latent ####
#### Qpl = 0.200 kW latent ####
#### Qp = 2.587 kW total ####
#### Qp = 103.5 W/m2 total ####
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BUILDING COO LING LOAD
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Enter the se nsible and l atent heat g ains from th e file for
each room of the whole b uilding.
Totals are a utomatically calculated.
Spreadsheet file Sensible kW Latent kW Total kW
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A:[Link] 2.387 0.200 2.587
A:[Link] 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] S 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] S 0.000 0.000 0.000
A:[Link] S 0.000 0.000 0.000
Plant Load S ummary
Input Data
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Heat Gains a re summed fo r the buildi ng.
Percentage t o be added f or duct heat gain = 5 %
Percentage t o be added f or plant mar gin = 10 %
Surplus sens ible plant c apacity = 0.000 kW
Surplus late nt plant cap acity = 0 W
Sensible kW Latent kW Total kW
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Heat Gains = 2.387 0.200 2.587
5 % gain = 0.119 0.000 0.119
10 % margin = 0.239 0.000 0.239
+ surplus = 0.000 0.000 0.000
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Total Qp = 2.745 0.200 2.945 kW
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AIR HANDLING REQUIREMENT
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Input Data Calculated
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Room name : Office 1
Room air tem p. Tai : 22.0 oC d.b.
Room volume V : 75.00 m3
Supply air t emp. Ts : 12.0 oC d.b.
Room sensibl e gain Qps : 2.745 kW
Air duct lea kage L : 5 %
Supply air q uantity Q : 0.234 m3/s
Supply air q uantity Q : 234 litre/s
Room air cha nge rate N : 11.2 air change/h
Duct air vel ocity V : 5.0 m/s
Duct diamete r D : 244 mm
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Decrement Time Lag
Factor f phi h
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0.42 9
0.33 7
0.37 7
0.99 1
Decrement Time Lag
Factor f phi h
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1.00 0
1.00 1
1.00 1
0.34 8
0.99 1
Surface Time Lag
Factor F omega h
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0.72 2
0.88 1
0.97 1
0.70 1
0.42 3
1.00 0
0.99 0
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gross m2 Teo oC U W/m2K (AxU) W/K Y W/m2K (AxY) W/K
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15.0
6.0 15.5 3.30 19.80 3.30 19.8
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
9.0 15.5 0.45 4.05 2.40 21.6
15.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
15.0 13.0 0.00 0.00 2.30 34.5
0.0
gross m2 Teo oC U W/m2K (AxU) W/K Y W/m2K (AxY) W/K
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15.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
15.0 13.0 0.00 0.00 2.30 34.5
15.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
0.0 15.5 3.30 0.00 3.30 0.0
15.0 10.5 0.00 0.00 2.30 34.5
gross m2 Teo oC U W/m2K (AxU) W/K Y W/m2K (AxY) W/K
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25.0 21.0 0.00 0.00 2.90 72.5
0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0
25.0 20.0 0.40 10.00 0.70 17.5
0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0
Decrement f Lag h 24 h Teo oC 24 h Tao oC Time h Teo oC
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1.00 0 0.0 15.5 12 18.5
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 12 18.5
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 12 18.5
0.42 9 25.0 15.5 3 10.5
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 9 14.0
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 9 14.0
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 9 14.0
0.42 9 20.5 15.5 0 13.0
Decrement f Lag h 24 h Teo oC 24 h Tao oC Time h Teo oC
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1.00 0 0.0 15.5 16 20.0
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 16 20.0
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 16 20.0
0.42 9 20.5 15.5 7 13.0
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 13 19.5
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 13 19.5
1.00 0 0.0 15.5 13 19.5
0.42 9 17.0 15.5 4 10.5
Decrement f Lag h 24 h Teo oC 24 h Tao oC Time h Teo oC
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0.70 1 21.0 21.0 3 21.0
0.70 1 25.0 15.5 3 10.5
0.99 1 25.0 15.5 3 10.5
0.99 1 25.0 15.5 3 10.5
0.99 1 20.0 15.5 1 38.0
0.99 1 25.0 15.5 3 10.5
Swing Teo oC Qu W Swing Qu W Glazing s olar gain W
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3.0 108 54 1479
3.0 0 0 0
3.0 0 0
14.5 16 22
1.5 0 0 0
1.5 0 0 0
1.5 0 0
7.5 0 0
Swing Teo oC Qu W Swing Qu W Glazing s olar gain W
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4.5 0 0 0
4.5 0 0 0
4.5 0 0
7.5 0 0
4.0 0 0 0
4.0 0 0 0
4.0 0 0
6.5 0 0
Swing Teo oC Qu W Swing Qu W Glazing s olar gain W
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0.0 0 0
14.5 0 0
14.5 0 0 0
14.5 0 0 0
18.0 10 161 0
14.5 0 0 0
Totals = 102 192 1479