Assessing retrofitted external wall insulation using infrared thermography

Structural Survey

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-266

  Hopper, Joanne ^a   Littlewood, John R ^a   Taylor, Tim ^a   Counsell, John A M ^a   Thomas, Andrew Michael ^b   Karani, George ^a   Geens, Andrew ^c   Evans, Nick I ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Wales Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Existing dwellings; External wall insulation; Housing; Infrared thermography; Retrofit; Thermal insulation; Thermal performance; United Kingdom; Walls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863464359     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630801211241810     Document Type: Article

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