Questions of the week 11/13/16
Introduction and requirements:
A member of the Award Committee will post a question, at a random day/time.
A competing member may make one post per question thread to answer the question and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the question answered completely in that one post. Editing your one answer post allowed will result in disqualification.
Winnings will be limited to no more than 6 times in a given year, the objective is to allow as many Members a chance to win as possible.
Any disregard to the above and divulging the correct answers will forfeit the weekly winnings.
So please refrain from participating if you have already won in the maximum for the Year.
First correct answer (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Question) wins.
The lucky winner will get a case of “Now that you’ve had a Home Inspection Books” shipped to them at their address on file. Make sure your Address on File with Inachi is correct.
Courtesy of Nick Gromicko.
Winners of the Question of The Week shall request their prize by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submitting their Mailing address for shipping.
Allow 2 weeks for delivery.
The questions:
**1. What would be the annual heating energy savings for reducing the air change rate from 1.0 ACH to 0.6 ACH in a 1,500 sq. ft. home with 8’ ceilings in a location with 2800 HDD? **
a. 64.5 MBtu
b. 6.45 MMBtu
c. 645 Therms
d. None of the above
**2. How much heat can an air-source heat pump with an HSPF of 6.8 provide for each kWh? **
a. 6.8 Btu
b. 6.8 MMBtu
c. 6800 Btu
d. it depends on the size of the heat pump
**3. If an Energy Conservation Measure will save 1 MMBtu/year in space heating energy and the home is heated by an 80% efficient natural gas furnace, what will be the annual savings in Therms? **
a. 12.5 Therms
b. 125 Therms
c. 100 Therms
d. 10 Therms
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4. When checking insulation in an attic, it is also important to check for… **
a. Adequate ventilation
b. Pipe and wire penetrations through the ceiling
c. Signs of excessive moisture
d. All of the above
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Good luck inspectors!**
