Calculator for conservation heating
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Enter monthly av. temperature (℃)in the first column
(example data is for Birmingham UK)
Enter monthly average RH (%) in the second column
Enter the target RH below and then press 'calculate'
The temperatures for conservation heating will appear in the third column
To check a single temperature/RH pair, just fill in data for January

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December

Target RH     Average temperature excess:

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Conservation heating temperature ___
Outdoor temperature ___ Outdoor RH ___
Target RH ___

What is conservation heating?

 

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