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EM2 Insulation of slab-on-ground floors (2000)

Product Description

Evaluation Method 2 is a method for estimating insulation effectiveness and heat losses from slab-on-ground floors in New Zealand. It also includes a method for estimating the seasonal swing in heat flow through slab-on-ground floors.

The method has been developed from results of a 4-year measurement study of two floors in the Wellington region as well as from other available measurements.

Product Information

Publication date 2000
Author HA Trethowen
System number EM02