Retrofitting of a listed brick and wood building using vacuum insulation panels on the exterior of the facade: Measurements and simulations

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-104

  Johansson, Pär ^a   Hagentoft, Carl Eric ^a   Sasic Kalagasidis, Angela ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brick; Hygrothermal performance; Listed building; Measurement; Retrofit; Simulation; Thermal comfort; Thermal transmittance; Vacuum insulation panel; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893823171     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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