What causes heat loss in homes?
What causes heat loss in homes? In most houses, radiation accounts for less than 10 percent of heat loss and most of that loss will be associated with windows. Conduction and convection are the main causes of heat loss; convection is the main culprit when the house is leaky. What are the benefits of reducing heat loss in the home? Lowering your winter energy bills is the most obvious benefit, but the things you do to reduce home heat loss also will reduce heat gain in the summer, so your air conditioning bills will go down, too. You also might...