Relationships between air-tightness and its influencing factors of post-2006 new-build dwellings in the UK

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2387-2399

  Pan, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Air tightness; Build method; Dwelling type; Management; UK housing

Indexed keywords

AIR LEAKAGE; AIRTIGHTNESS; ANOVA ANALYSIS; BUILD METHOD; DWELLING TYPE; FLOOR AREAS; HISTORIC DATA; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LINEAR REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECAST CONCRETE PANELS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES; SELF-BUILD; TIMBER FRAMES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); APARTMENT HOUSES; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE SLABS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PRECAST CONCRETE; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

AIR PERMEABILITY;

AIR PERMEABILITY; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MANAGEMENT; MASONRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TESTING METHOD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77954213584     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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