Development and performance evaluation of natural thermal-insulation materials composed of renewable resources

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2518-2523

  Korjenic, Azra ^a   Petránek, Vít ^b   Zach, Jiří ^b   Hroudová, Jitka ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Flax; Hemp; Jute; Thermal insulating material

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PHYSICS; CONSERVE ENERGY; DEGRADATION RATE; ECOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS; HEATING DEMAND; HYGROTHERMAL PROPERTIES; IN-SITU; INSULATION MATERIALS; NATURAL MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND; RATE OF CHANGE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THERMAL-INSULATING; UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; VOLUME CHANGE;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DEGRADATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLAX; HEMP; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; POLYSTYRENES; RATING; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; YARN;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 79960722698     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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