Determination of environmental impact and optimum thickness of insulation for building walls

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Ucar, Aynur ^a   Balo, Figen ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bayindirlik ve iskan Bakanligi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

energy cost savings; environment; life cycle cost; optimum insulation thickness

Indexed keywords

BUILDING WALLS; CO AND NO; COMBUSTION OF COAL; EMISSION RATES; ENERGY COST SAVINGS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENVIRONMENT; EXTERNAL WALLS; LIFE CYCLE COST; NET ENERGY; OPTIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; PAYBACK PERIODS; WALL TYPES;

COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 79952604607     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10448     Document Type: Article

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