Transient and quasi-steady thermal behaviour of a building envelope due to retrofitted cavity wall and ceiling insulation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 356-365

  Byrne, Aimee ^a   Byrne, Gerard ^a   Davies, Anna ^a   Robinson, Anthony James ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Heat flow; Heat flux; In situ; Insulation; Retrofit; Thermal resistance

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; COMPUTER MODELLING; ENERGY-SAVING STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXISTING STRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; RETROFIT;

CEILINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; INSULATION; RETROFITTING; SOLAR BUILDINGS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 84875449559     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.02.044     Document Type: Article

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