Gas-filled panels for building applications: A state-of-the-art review

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1969-1975

  Baetens, Ruben ^a,b,c   Jelle, Bjørn Petter ^a,c   Gustavsen, Arild ^c   Grynning, Steinar ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Building application; Gas filled panel; GFP; High performance thermal insulation material; Review; State of the art

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; PERMAFROST; REVIEWS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

BUILDING APPLICATIONS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION; NEW HIGH; STATE OF THE ART; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; THERMAL-INSULATING; TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS; VACUUM INSULATION PANEL;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 77956180660     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.06.019     Document Type: Review

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