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Update: I did decide to insulate, with 2" of XPS closed cell foam on the floor and walls, R-19 fiberglass on the ceiling, and then an extra 1" of polyiso on the
by jefftk 6y ago
Update: I did decide to insulate, with 2" of XPS closed cell foam on the floor and walls, R-19 fiberglass on the ceiling, and then an extra 1" of polyiso on the walls and ceiling. I've put in the floor and hung the drywall, but I'm still not done with the drywall joints because my wrists have been hurting and mudding the joints has been aggravating them.
This comes to about R-10 for the floor, R-16 for the walls, and R-25 for the ceiling.
- saeranv 6y agoIt's cool that you're optimizing and constructing this yourself. I want to do that myself one day. Since you're already using Python for some quick calculations, and are interested in continuing to model the interaction between your building and the environment, you might want to check out Ladybug, an open-source environmental and energy modeling library[1][2]. The honeybee-energy library has a wrapper for DOE's EnergyPlus simulation engine, and the ladybug, and ladybug-comfort libraries have a lot of useful methods for analyzing weather, and mapping it to thermal comfort. [1] https://www.ladybug.tools/ https://www.ladybug.tools/ and https://github.com/ladybug-tools https://github.com/ladybug-tools [2] Disclosure: I'm on the LB development team, but also have worked in building science/architecture for many years and there really isn't any other library comparable in terms of developer-friendly modeling.