Agricultural waste materials as thermal insulation for dwellings in Thailand: Preliminary results

PLEA 2008 - Towards Zero Energy Building: 25th PLEA International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Panyakaew, Satta ^a   Fotios, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural waste; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; APARTMENT HOUSES; BAGASSE; BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; THERMAL INSULATION; VEGETABLE OILS; WOOL;

COCONUT COIRS; COCONUT HUSK; CORN STALK; PALM OIL; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMED; RESOURCE USE; RICE HULLS; THAILAND;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

EID: 85067704849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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