Building envelope with a new aerogel-based insulating rendering: Experimental and numerical study, cost analysis, and thickness optimization

Applied Energy

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 490-501

  Ibrahim, Mohamad ^a   Biwole, Pascal Henry ^a,d   Achard, Patrick ^a   Wurtz, Etienne ^b,c   Ansart, Guillaume ^b,c  

^a MINES ParisTech   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aerogel based rendering; Building rehabilitation; Dynamic thermal simulation; Experimental house; Optimum insulation thickness; Payback period

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE MODELS; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; HEATING; INSULATION; INVESTMENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RETROFITTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICA GEL; THERMAL INSULATION;

BUILDING REHABILITATIONS; DYNAMIC THERMAL SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE; OPTIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS; PAYBACK PERIODS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; COST ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEL; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INSULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SILICA MINERAL; SOFTWARE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84941952097     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.090     Document Type: Article

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