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Central Heating (L3)

From Total Heat Loss to Heat Source Size

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Turning summed room heat losses into a sensibly sized boiler or heat pump without gross oversizing.

Start with the building duty

Add the room fabric and net air-change losses to establish the whole-dwelling space-heating load. Record the indoor and outdoor design temperatures and the construction and ventilation assumptions. Check the heat source’s output at the actual design conditions, not just its largest catalogue number.

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