Reprint

Buildings' Thermal Behaviour and Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Construction

Edited by
March 2024
500 pages
  • ISBN978-3-7258-0719-2 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-7258-0720-8 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Buildings' Thermal Behaviour and Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Construction that was published in

Chemistry & Materials Science
Computer Science & Mathematics
Engineering
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Physical Sciences
Summary

This reprint of the Topical Collection: “Buildings' Thermal Behaviour and Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Construction”, published in journal Buildings (mpdi), includes 22 contributions (19 articles, 1 review, 1 perspective and 1 systematic review), from across the world, with very interesting and actual research topics, such as: Energy Resilience Performance; Indoor Air Quality; Chopped Straw as an Insulation Material; Energy Retrofitting Practices; Sustainability Assessment of Cementitious Ceramic Tile Adhesives; Solar Radiation of Deciduous Trees’ Shade; Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) façades; Environmental Dissatisfaction and Underheating Lowers Self-Perceived Health; Parameters Measured to Characterize Classrooms’ Indoor Environmental Quality; Uncertainty Assessment of Mean Radiant Temperature Estimation for Indoor Thermal Comfort; Energy, Environmental and Economic Costs of Buildings’ Thermal Insulation; Retrofit Strategies on Thermal Insulation Applied in Buildings; Estimating Heating Load in Residential Buildings; Sustainable and Universal Approach to Retrofitting Residential Buildings; Optimum Building Envelope Parameters of a Room Concerning Window-to-Wall Ratio, Orientation, Insulation Thickness and Window Type; Thermo-Energy Performance of LSF Constructions; Reuse of Insulators from CDW to Produce Lime Mortars; Renovation of Modernist Architecture; Evaluation of Non-Autoclaved Aerated Concrete for Energy Behaviors; Water Vapour Resistivity Properties; Thermal Performance of Double-Pane LSF Walls with and without a Reflective Foil; BIM-Based Energy Analysis and Sustainability Assessment.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
Building Information Modelling (BIM); Building Energy Modelling (BEM); energy efficiency; Building Sustainability Assessment (BSA); sustainability; thermal performance; experimental assessment; simplified models; double-pane; lightweight steel frame (LSF); partition walls; aluminium reflective foil; vapour resistivity; hygrothermal modelling; energy efficient; airtightness; condensation; hygrothermal boundary curve; moisture management; impermeable membrane; diffusion; smart membrane; relative humidity; non-autoclaved aerated concrete; thermal conductivity; heating and cooling loads; annual heat loss; heat transfer; modernist architecture; thermal refurbishment; monument preservation; energy reduction; architectural up-cycling; lime mortars; thermal insulation materials; rehabilitation; construction and demolition waste; sustainable building; LSF constructions; thermal bridging; thermal resistance; thermal transmittance; numerical simulation; thermal performance; energy performance; parametric study; nZEB; energy rating; insulation thickness; energy efficiency; windows; energy efficiency; residential retrofits; building automatics control; integrated HVAC; retrofitting technology; self-organizing self-adaptive; vortex search algorithm; multi-verse optimizer; heating load; residential; energy transition; energy consumption; building envelope; retrofitting strategies; optimal buildings’ thermal insulation; influence of type of use; influence of climate; life cycle cost analysis (LCCA); life cycle energy analysis (LCEA); life cycle impact analysis (LCIA); mean radiant temperature; plane radiant temperature; uncertainty analysis; thermal comfort; IEQ; thermal; acoustic; IAQ; visual; measurement; underheating; self-perceived health; indoor temperatures; Mexico; NOM-ENER-020; thermal comfort; sustainable rating system; building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) facades; sustainable building; nearly-zero energy; energy performance; deciduous trees; energy conservation; spectrometer; passive technology; solar radiation control; spectrometry; sustainability; construction products; ceramic tile adhesive (CTA); assessment and verification of constancy of performance (AVCP); Environmental Product Declaration (EPD); qualitative approach; energy efficiency; rural commons; evidence-based practices; content analysis; bio-based building materials; blow-in insulation; chopped straw; ecological insulation; flame retardants; hygrothermal behavior; indoor air quality (IAQ); educational buildings; classrooms; contagion risk; pollutants; building resilience; energy-efficient building; energy flexibility; energy resilience; habitability; survivability