Improving the airtightness in an existing UK dwelling: The challenges, the measures and their effectiveness

Building and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 227-239

  Gillott, M C ^a   Loveday, D L ^b   White, J ^a   Wood, C J ^b   Chmutina, K ^b   Vadodaria, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Airtightness; Energy efficiency; Existing dwellings; Refurbishment; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEATING; HOUSING; INFRARED IMAGING; RETROFITTING; SPACE HEATING;

AIRTIGHTNESS; BUILDING ENERGY MODELLING; BUILDING ENVELOPES; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; EXISTING DWELLINGS; REFURBISHMENT; RETROFIT; UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM;

BUILDINGS;

AIR PERMEABILITY; BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84942799881     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.08.017     Document Type: Article

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