The impact of determination of optimum insulation thickness on energy saving for different climatic regions of Turkey

Energy Education Science and Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-94

  Cay, Yusuf ^a  

^a KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Life cycle cost; Optimum insulation thickness; Payback period

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; CLIMATIC REGIONS; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENES; FOAMED POLYURETHANE; FUEL TYPES; INSULATION APPLICATIONS; INSULATION MATERIALS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; OPTIMIZATION CALCULATION; OPTIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; PAYBACK PERIODS; ROCK WOOL;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; INSULATING MATERIALS; INSULATION; INVESTMENTS; MINERAL WOOL; PERMAFROST; POLYSTYRENES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861983862     PISSN: 1308772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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