above grade or is less than or equal to 24 in. below the final steel...rramed wail: see wall.

elevation of the nearest exterior grade.

(a) heated slab-on-grade floor: a slab-on-grade floor with a steei-joist floor: see floor.
heating source either within or below it.
(b) unheated slab-on-grade floor: a slab-on-grade floor that story: portion of a building that is between one finished floor
is not a heated slab-on-grade floor. level and the next higher fmished floor level or the roof,
provided, however, that a basement or cellar shall not be
solar energy souJrce: source of thermal , chemical, or electrical considered a story.
energy derived from direct conversion of incident solar radi-
ation at the building site. substantial contact: a condition where adjacent building
materials are placed so that proximal surfaces are contiguous,
solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC): the ratio of the solar heat being installed and supported so they eliminate voids between
gain entering the space through the fenestration area to the materials without compressing or degrading the thermal
incident solar radiation. Solar heat gain includes directly performance of either product.
transmitted solar heat and absorbed solar radiation, which is
then reradiated, conducted, or convected into the space. (See swinging door: see door.
fenestration area.)
system: a combination of equipment and auxiliary devices
space: an enclosed space within a building. The classifica-
(e.g., controls, accessories, interconnecting means, and termi-
tions of-spaces are as follows for the purpose of determining
nal elements) by which energy is transformed so it performs a
building envelope requirements.
specific function such as HVAC, service water heating, or
(a) conditioned space: a cooled space, heated space, or indi-
lighting.
rectly conditioned space defined as follows.
1. cooled space: an enclosed space within a building that system, existing: a system or systems previously installed in
is cooled by a cooling system whose sensible output an existing building.
capacity exceeds 5 Btu/h·rt2 of floor area.
2. heated space: an enclosed space within a building that tandem wiring: pairs of luminaires operating with lamps in
is heated by a heating system whose output capacity each luminaire powered from a single ballast contained in one
relative to the floor area is greater than or equal to the of the luminaires.
criteria in Table 3.1.
3. indirectly conditioned space: an enclosed space terminal: a device by which energy from a system is finally
within a building that is not a heated space or a cooled delivered, e.g., registers, diffusers, lighting fixtures, faucets,
space, which is heated or cooled indirectly by being etc.
connected to adjacent space(s) provided:
thermal block: a collection of one or more HVAC zones
(a) the product ofthe U-factor(s) and surface area(s)
grouped together for simulation purposes. Spaces need not be
of the space adjacent to connected space(s)
exceeds the combined sum of the product of the contiguous to be combined within a single thermal block.
U - factor( s) and surface area(s) of the space
adjoining the outdoors, unconditioned spaces, thermal conductance: see C-factor.
and to or from semiheated spaces (e.g., corri-
dors) or thermal resistance (R-value): the reciprocal of the time rate
(b) that air from heated or cooled spaces is inten- of heat flow through a unit area induced by a unit temperature
tionally transferred (naturally or mechanically) difference between two defined surfaces of material or
into the space at a rate exceeding 3 air changes construction under steady-state conditions. Units of Rare
per hour (ACH) (e.g., atria). h·rt2·oFlBtu.
(b) semiheated space: an enclosed space within a building
that is heated by a heating system whose output capacity thermostat: an automatic control device used to maintain
is greater than or equal to 3.4 Btu/h·rt2 of floor area but is temperature at a fixed or adjustable setpoint.
not a conditioned space.
(c) unconditioned space: an enclosed space within a build- TABLE 3.1 Heated! Space Criteria
ing that is not a conditioned space or a semilieated space.
Heating Output Climate Zone
Crawlspaces, attics, and parking garages with natural or
mechanical ventilation are not considered enclosed (Btulh·r~)
spaces.
5 1 and 2

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space-conditioning category: 10 3
(a) nonresidential conditioned space, 15 4 and 5
(b) residential conditioned space, and
20 6 and 7
(c) nonresidential and residential semiheated space. (See
nonresidential, residential, and space.) 25 8

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