Evaluating in situ thermal transmittance of green buildings masonries: A case study

Case Studies in Construction Materials

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-59

  Asdrubali, Francesco ^a   D'Alessandro, Francesco ^a   Baldinelli, Giorgio ^a   Bianchi, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Green buildings; Heat flux measurements; Infrared thermography; Masonry; Performance gap; U value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906547790     PISSN: 22145095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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