Comparing different approaches to in situ measurement of building components thermal resistance

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2613-2620

  Desogus, Giuseppe ^a   Mura, Salvatore ^a   Ricciu, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building envelope; Energy efficiency; Measurement of thermal transmittance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SOLAR BUILDINGS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING ENVELOPES; DESTRUCTIVE METHODS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 80054812125     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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