Aerogel insulation for building applications: A state-of-the-art review

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 761-769

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

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Building application; High performance thermal insulation material; Review

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE THERMAL INSULATION MATERIAL; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; SOLAR SPECTRUM; STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS; THERMAL INSULATION MATERIALS;

AEROGELS; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PERMAFROST; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 79951518322     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.12.012     Document Type: Review

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