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size=2 face=Arial>This might help, from Ashrae 2005 p
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size=2 face=Arial>There are equations in the chapter to allow these
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Shaun Martin LEED
AP<BR>Principal<BR>Shaun Martin Consulting<BR>2060 Pine Street, Vancouver BC V6J
4P8<BR>604-789-1095<BR><A
href="mailto:smartin@shaunmartinconsulting.com">smartin@shaunmartinconsulting.com</A><BR>member
CAGBC, ASHRAE<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>norman
wheatley<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 03, 2012 12:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Equest-users] slab on
grade makes high U floors?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi,<BR><BR>If you go for the standard 0.73 F-Factor slab on grade
floor and then check the LV-E report all your floors on the ground level are
below ground and have very low U-values.<BR><BR>Is this correct behaviour? It
seems that the slab is essentially R-33<BR><BR>thanks<BR>Norm<BR></BODY></HTML>