Integrated methodology for evaluation of energy performance of the building enclosures - Part 1: Test program development

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-48

  Bomberg, Mark ^a   Thorsell, Thomas ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air and moisture transfer; Energy efficiency; Heat; Heat losses and gains; Low energy housing; Thermal performance

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENCLOSURES; ENERGY POLICY; HEALTH; MIXED CONVECTION; MOISTURE; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; TESTING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; AIR FLOW EFFECTS; AIR FLOWS; APPLIED (CO); BUILDING ASSEMBLIES; BUILDING ENCLOSURES; BUILDING SECTORS; COMPUTER MODELLING; DRY MATERIALS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD PERFORMANCE; HEAT , AIR , AND MOISTURE (HAM); HEAT FLOWS; HYGROTHERMAL; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; MODELING METHODOLOGIES; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (PE); SAGE PUBLICATIONS (CO); STEADY-STATE THERMAL RESISTANCE; SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY; TEST PROGRAMS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 46249091366     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259108093316     Document Type: Article

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