The path to the high performance thermal building insulation materials and solutions of tomorrow

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-123

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

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

advanced insulation material; dynamic insulation material; gas insulation material; nano insulation material; vacuum insulation material; vacuum insulation panel

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC INSULATION MATERIAL; GAS INSULATION MATERIAL; INSULATION MATERIALS; NANO INSULATION MATERIAL; VACUUM INSULATION MATERIAL; VACUUM INSULATION PANEL;

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COREMAKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PERMAFROST; PORE STRUCTURE; RETROFITTING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 77958101501     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259110372782     Document Type: Article

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