Aerogel thermal insulation - Technology review and cost study for building enclosure applications

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 120, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 294-307

  Shukla, Nitin ^a   Fallahi, Ali ^a   Kosny, Jan ^a  

^a Building Enclosure Program Building Energy Technologies Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ESTIMATING; RETROFITTING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BUILDING ENCLOSURE; BUILDING INSULATIONS; INSULATION TECHNOLOGY; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; SOLID VOLUME FRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL DRYING; THERMAL INSULATING PROPERTIES; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84904317383     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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