A small metal building is to be constructed of corrugated steel sheet walls with a total wall overall surface area of about 300 m2. The air conditioner consumes about 1kW of electricity for every 4kW of cooling supplied. Two wall constructions are to be compared on the basis of cooling costs. Assume that electricity costs 10.15 Php/kWh. Determine the electrical energy savings of using 260mm of fiberglass insulation instead of 159 mm of fiberglass insulation in the wall. Assume an overall temperature difference across the wall of 20 ° (Uo (260-mm fiberglass)=0.17W/m2 °C and Uo (159-mm fiberglass)=0.31W/m2 °C)

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A small metal building is to be constructed of corrugated steel sheet walls with a total wall overall surface area of about 300 m2. The air conditioner consumes about 1kW of electricity for every 4kW of cooling supplied. Two wall constructions are to be compared on the basis of cooling costs. Assume that electricity costs 10.15 Php/kWh. Determine the electrical energy savings of using 260mm of fiberglass insulation instead of 159 mm of fiberglass insulation in the wall. Assume an overall temperature difference across the wall of 20 ° (Uo (260-mm fiberglass)=0.17W/m2 °C and Uo (159-mm fiberglass)=0.31W/m2 °C)

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