Thermal Behaviour, Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Sustainable Construction

• Altri autori: Santos, Paulo (Redattore)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Soggetti: Research & information: general; Technology: general issues; energy demand analysis; insulation materials; climate zones; envelope; CO2 emissions; LSF construction; facade wall; partition wall; thermal transmittance; thermal bridges; parametric study; numerical simulations; building energy statistics; building energy consumption; energy balance sheet; building energy efficiency; China; building automation systems; heating control; energy savings; earth building; thermal comfort; passive design; monitoring and simulation; glazed balcony; indoor comfort; passive strategies; thermal performance; vernacular architecture; overheating risk; evaluation; cold climates; lightweight steel frame; LSF walls; U-value; analytical methods; calculation procedures; accuracy; Model simplifications; Thermal and visual comfort; Energy performance; IDA ICE; Residential building; passive solar; Trombe wall; light steel frame; thermal behavior; energy efficiency; Mediterranean climate; office use; residential use; heating set-points; metering hot box; in situ; hygrothermal measurement; dynamic conditions; historic masonries; HeLLo; compressed earth blocks (CEBs); compressive strength; durability; guarded hot box; LCA; environmental impact; house; building envelope; building; overhangs; energy consumption; optimization; GenOpt; EnergyPlus; crushed glass; periodic thermal transmittance; energy demand; adaptive comfort; social housing; heating and cooling system; optimization and management; energy use prediction; neural network; support vector machine; occupant behavior; climate changes; energy needs; ventilation; residential buildings; DesignBuilder; water vapor resistivity; hygrothermal modeling; condensation; mold; hygrothermal properties; moisture transport; inter-laboratory testing; building energy; performance assessment; air renovation; non-intrusive measurements; on-board monitoring; aerogel; dynamic simulation; retrofitting; economic analysis
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This Special Issue includes 20 contributions from across the world with very interesting and current research topics, such as insulation solutions and CO2 emissions; thermal transmittance of LSF walls; statistics for China's building energy consumption; natural ventilation; thermal behavior of...