An al tern a tive procedure to recycling plastic waste for basement underground thermal insulation in cold climate buildings

Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-52

  Megri, Ahmed Chérif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement; Energy conservation and heat loss; Insulation; Recycling; Thermal comfort; Waste

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; HEAT LOSSES; HEATING; INSULATING MATERIALS; INSULATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RECYCLING; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL INSULATION; WASTES;

BASEMENT; BUILDING INSULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; INSULATION MATERIALS; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; VOLUMETRIC HEAT CAPACITY;

PLASTIC RECYCLING;

EID: 77951247274     PISSN: 10881697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5276/jswtm.2010.44     Document Type: Article

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