The Hobos collected a broad range of temperature values over the two days in which they were installed, which aids facile analysis.

At around 8:30 am on the second day, Vitamon 5, which was collecting values close to the metal stakes and hammers just below the west-most window, rose sharply and almost immediately almost 40 degrees F in ten minutes time. This rapid jump begins at the moment direct sunlight would have entered the room that morning. There was a small jump the first morning at the same time, but it was not sustained because it was overcast that day, and the direct solar gains dispersed almost immediately. But on the second day, it was clear well into the afternoon, and the Vitamon 5 reflected that, rising and falling dramatically as cloud cover came and went throughout the morning.
Nib and MegaScanner roughly followed the path laid out by Vitamon 5, but Vitrus 14 remained relatively constant, very likely due to the great heat losses through the wall at its location.

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Heat Loss:

With a Heat Loss of 22900 Btu/h, the forming room is not the pinnacle of energy efficiency. All walls are of a very basic construction with no insulation, simply empty space. It is this lack of insulating materials which allows for so much heat/energy to escape. The calculated heat loss numbers are likely conservative because the construction was not particularly tight, and cracks and seams are abundant.
This loss of heat may not be a problem when the sun is out to continually heat the room through direct solar gains. When, however, the sun sets and temperatures fall dramatically, the heaters will have to be used to in an attempt to maintain thermal comfort. It seems that it would be a difficult task to balance the output of the heaters with the vigorous activity of pounding metal.

Raytech LASER Gun Analysis:

The surface temperature we collected on those two different times were almost the same, just varied slight with a 3F +/- differences. By looking at the graph, the average surface temperature of the materials were around 68F. The southwest corner area, where the wood and metal were located, had the lowest temperature among the entire room. The south east corner area as well as the long table in the middle of the room had a higher surface temperature. The mechanicals and the metals placed above the table may affect the temperature. The surface temperature of the north wall was very stable for about 74F. However, the south wall where the windows were located had a large range of temperature differences. The area just right above the heater on south wall was the highest temperature. Since some of the windows were covered with internal shading devices for different degrees and one portion area which was broken covered with wood, the temperature may be affected. The amount of solar radiation being absorbed by the materials behind may also vary due to the south wall.

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