How the same wall can have several different R-values: Relations between amount of framing and overall thermal performance in wood and steel-framed walls

Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kosny, Jan ^a   Yarbrough, David ^a   Childs, Phillip ^a   Mohiuddin, Syed Azam ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 79959939510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21668469     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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