Aerogel granulate glazing facades and their application potential from an energy saving perspective

Applied Energy

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 179-191

  Ihara, Takeshi ^a,b   Gao, Tao ^a   Grynning, Steinar ^a,c   Jelle, Bjørn Petter ^a,c   Gustavsen, Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TAKENAKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerogel granulate glazing systems; Energy demand; Facade; Office buildings; Spandrel; Window frames

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FACADES; GLAZES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL INSULATION;

ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; GLAZING SYSTEMS; SPANDREL; THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES; WINDOW FRAMES;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INSULATION; METALLURGY; OFFICE LOCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROUS MEDIUM;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84921038562     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.12.053     Document Type: Article

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