Title: Vocabulary Review
Course: HET 290 Building Insulation > Section: HET 290 Building Insulation

Vocabulary Review

Terms

Term | Definitions
Building envelope | The physical separator between the interior and the exterior environments of a building
Building material | Any material which is used for construction purposes
Building science | The collection of scientific knowledge that focuses on the analysis and control of the physical phenomena affecting buildings
Conduction | The transfer of heat energy from molecule to molecule
Convection | The transfer of heat from one place to another by the movement of fluids
Heat Transfer | The transfer of heat through conduction, convection, or radiation
R-Value | A measure of thermal resistance used in the building and construction industry
Radiation | The process in which heat travels through a vacuum and heats any solid object it comes in contact with
Stack effect | The movement of air into and out of buildings, chimneys, flue gas stacks, or other containers
Thermal Break | An element of low thermal conductivity placed in an assembly to reduce or prevent the flow of thermal energy between conductive materials
Thermal Bridge | A fundamental of heat transfer where a penetration of the insulation layer by a highly conductive or non-insulating material takes place in the separation between the interior (or conditioned spac ...
Thermal Bypass | Air leakage energy losses in most homes
U-Value | (Thermal transmittance): The rate of transfer of heat through one square foot of a structure