Sustainable earth walls to meet the building regulations

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-459

  Goodhew, Steven ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building regulations; Earth construction; Sustainable walls; Thermal transmittance

Indexed keywords

BRICK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL ECONOMY; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC HEAT; STANDARDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

BUILDING REGULATIONS; EARTH CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE WALLS; THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 13244268530     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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