Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL, p. 3
1.1—Scope, p. 3
1.2—General, p. 3
1.3—Purpose, p. 3
1.4—Applicability, p. 3
1.5—Interpretation, p. 4
CHAPTER 2—NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS, p. 5
2.1—Code notation, p. 5
2.2—Code definitions, p. 5
CHAPTER 3—REFERENCED STANDARDS, p. 7
3.1—American Concrete Institute (ACI), p. 7
3.2—American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), p. 7
3.3—ASTM International, p. 7
3.4—International Code Council (ICC), p. 8
CHAPTER 4—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, p. 9
4.1—Material requirements, p. 9
4.2—Climate zones, p. 9
4.3—Building envelope compliance, p. 9
CHAPTER 5—PRESCRIPTIVE METHOD, p. 10
5.1—Concrete and masonry, p. 10
5.2—Other assemblies, p. 13
CHAPTER 6—BUILDING ENVELOPE TRADE-OFF METHOD, p. 14
6.1—Building envelope trade-off method, p. 14
CHAPTER 7—WHOLE-BUILDING SIMULATION METHOD, p. 15
7.1—Whole-building simulation model, p. 15
CHAPTER 8—THERMAL PROPERTIES FOR DETERMINING COMPLIANCE, p. 16
8.1—U-factors, C-factors, and R-values of assemblies, p. 16
8.2—Thermal conductivity, p. 94
8.3—Thermal inertia including heat capacity and specific heat, p. 95
8.4—Solar reflectance and solar reflectance index, p. 97
COMMENTARY REFERENCES, p. 98
Authored documents, p. 98
Software, p. 99
APPENDIX A—CLIMATE ZONE MAPS, p. 100
APPENDIX B—THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, p. 101
B.1—Thermal conductivity of concrete, concrete masonry, and clay masonry, p. 101
B.2—Influence of moisture, p. 102
B.3—Thermal conductivity of aggregates and cement paste, p. 102
B.4—Thermal conductivity of concrete used in CMU, p. 103
B.5—Practical thermal conductivity, p. 103
APPENDIX C—THERMAL INERTIA (THERMAL MASS), p. 105
C.1—Thermal mass in walls, p. 105
C.2—Thermal mass in buildings, p. 106
APPENDIX D—THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF WALLS WITH MASONRY VENEER, p. 107