Building leakage, infiltration, and energy performance analyses for Finnish detached houses

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-387

  Jokisalo, Juha ^a   Kurnitski, Jarek ^a   Korpi, Minna ^b   Kalamees, Targo ^a   Vinha, Juha ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airtightness; Dynamic simulation; Infiltration; Infiltration heat recovery; Leakage distribution

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; HOUSES; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; VENTILATION; WASTE HEAT; WIND POWER;

AIRTIGHTNESS; BUILDING ENVELOPES; CLIMATE ZONES; COLD CLIMATES; DETACHED HOUSES; DYNAMIC SIMULATION; ENERGY IMPACTS; ENERGY PERFORMANCES; ENERGY USES; FINLAND; FINNISH; HEAT ENERGIES; HEAT RECOVERIES; ICE SIMULATIONS; INFILTRATION RATES; LEAKAGE DISTRIBUTION; LEAKAGE DISTRIBUTIONS; LEAKAGE RATES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; ROUGH ESTIMATIONS; VENTILATION SYSTEMS; WIND CONDITIONS;

INFILTRATION;

ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFILTRATION; SIMULATION; VENTILATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 55749091667     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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