Question: Open - plan office space located in a single - storey office building has a floor area is 1 3 . 7 m times

Open-plan office space located in a single-storey office building has a floor area is
13.7 m \times 18.3 m, floor-to-ceiling height =3.7 m (no plenum between the space and
roof). The desired indoor conditions are 25\deg C dry-bulb temperature and 50% relative
humidity during cooling season. The windows face west and the solar heat gain
through these windows will peak in the late afternoon when the sun is setting and
shining directly into the windows. Because of this, we will assume that the maximum
cooling load for space occurs at 5 p.m.
The west-facing wall, 3.7 m high x 13.7 m long, constructed of 204 mm concrete block
(R =0.35 m2K/W) with aluminium siding (R =0.11 m2K/W) on the outside 90 mm of
insulation of fibreglass (R =2.29 m2K/W), and 13 mm gypsum board (R =0.08 m2K/W)
inside. Additionally, there is air film on the outside of the wall (R =0.04 m2K/W) moving
at 12 km/h during the summer and another air film on the inside surface of the wall (R
4
=0.12 m2K/W, still air). Eight clear, double-pane (6.4 mm with U-factor of 3.56 W/m2
.K)
windows are mounted in Aluminium frames with each window 1.2 m x 1.5 m high. The
roof is flat (type 3),13.7 m x 18.3 m constructed of 100 mm lightweight concrete (R =
0.54 m2K/W) with 90 mm insulation (R =2.29 m2K/W), steel decking ((R =0.00 m2K/W,
no dimension given) and the built-up roofing with (R =0.06 m2K/W). Additionally, there
is air film on the outside of the wall (R =0.25 m2K/W) moving at 12 km/h during the
summer and another air film on the inside surface of the wall (R =0.16 m2K/W, still
air). Using the CLTD tables for sunlit walls and flat roofs for 26\deg South Latitude,
calculate:
2.1 the U-factor of the wall and of the roof, respectively (4)
2.2 the conduction through the sunlit surfaces

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