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bluGill
52 days ago
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Where are the economies of scale in homebuilding?
In a modern house insulation is very good (in general) and so your heating cooling expenses are not that high over a lifetime.
Markoff
52 days ago
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So you are telling me cooling down or heating bigger volume of air takes same amount of energy/money than smaller volume?
bluGill
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The larger use of energy in HVAC is recovery from losses from convection, conduction, radiation, and air leaks. The one time heating or cooling is small.
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