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The duct, or air distribution, system used in cooling and heating your home is a collection of tubes that distributes the heated or cooled air to the different rooms. Typical duct systems lose 25 to 40% of the heating or cooling energy put out by the cooling and heating system. Learn about common problems and ways to get the most out of your duct system. This revised 4-page fact sheet was written by Wendell A. Porter, Hyun-Jeong Lee, Kathleen C. Ruppert, and Randall A. Cantrell, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, August 2011.
FCS3263/FY1024: Energy Efficient Homes: The Duct System (ufl.edu)
References
Florida Building Code - http://www.floridabuilding.org
Home Performance NC - http://www.homeperformancenc.com/?cat=21&paged=2
U.S. Department of Energy - Better Duct Systems for Home Heating and Cooling - http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/30506.pdf
U.S. Department of Energy - Improving the Efficiency of Your Duct System - http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/building_america/27630.pdf
U.S. Department of Energy - Minimizing Energy Losses in Ducts - http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/space_heating_cooling/index.cfm/mytopic=12730
University of Florida - Energy Efficient Building Construction in Florida, SP 267, Gainesville, FL. - http://ifasbooks.ifas.ufl.edu/p-199-energy-efficient-building-construction-in-florida.aspx