Best Practice Guide

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Demand Response

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Water Use

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FRAMING PERCENTAGE Return to list of terms

The area of actual framing in an envelope assembly divided by the overall area of the envelope assembly. This percentage is used to calculate the overall U-value of an assembly.

Source: California Energy Commission