Full-scale test of an old heritage multi-storey building undergoing energy retrofitting with focus on internal insulation and moisture

Building and Environment

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-133

  Harrestrup, M ^a   Svendsen, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy renovation; Full scale measurements; Heritage building; Internal insulation; Moisture safe solutions; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; INSULATION; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

COMPREHENSIVE MEASUREMENT; ENERGY RENOVATION; FULL SCALE MEASUREMENTS; HERITAGE BUILDINGS; INTERNAL INSULATION; MEASURED ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SET-POINT TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; INSULATION; MOISTURE; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 84919941185     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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