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What is the Building Envelope Performance (BEP) value? 

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Watch the video to learn how the BEP value is used to describe the overall thermal performance of a building envelope.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory

This video explains how the overall thermal performance of the building envelope can be described using the Building Envelope Performance (BEP) value.

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