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Determining energy consumption in a structure

  • US 8,791,417 B2
  • Filed: 04/13/2012
  • Issued: 07/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of constructing a building structure comprising:

  • assembling a first layer of the building structure;

    assembling a second layer of the building structure over the first layer of the building structure, wherein assembling the second layer of the building structure over the first layer of the building structure comprises embedding one or more temperature transducers between the first and second layers of the building structure, wherein the second layer of the building structure integrally includes the one or more temperature transducers, wherein the second layer is insulation, and wherein the one or more temperature transducers are embedded in the insulation when the insulation is manufactured; and

    detecting, by one or more processors, thermal resistance properties of the first and second layers of the building structure using data from the one or more temperature transducers.

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