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Building insulation

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Effectiveness of passive climate change adaptation measures in Switzerland: A climate-based analysis on natural ventilation and overheating risks reduction in dwellings

Sergi Aguacil Moreno

Building energy codes have been implemented in Switzerland as well as across the world to reduce building energy consumption, however, due to the progressive effect of climate change phenomena and the precipitate change in occupancy patterns due to the glo ...

2021

Impact of the Ventilated Cavity on the Thermal Performance of Traditional Wall Structures

Dolaana Khovalyg, Mohammad Rahiminejad

The amount of heat flux passing through the building envelope directly affects the energy use for the thermal conditioning of the building. The ventilated cavity behind the traditional external claddings (e.g., vinyl siding, brick veneer) adjacent to the w ...

AMER SOC HEATING, REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING ENGS2021

Ug-value and edge heat loss of triple glazed insulating glass units:A comparison between measured and declared values

Andreas Schueler, Anna Krammer

Triple glazed low-e coated insulating glass units with argon filling of five different suppliers on the European market with a declared thermal transmittance in the undisturbed centre of glass (Ug-value) of 0.6 W/m(2)K have been purchased from resellers an ...

ELSEVIER2021

Glazing unit

Andreas Schueler, Luc Burnier, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury

The present invention concerns an insulating glazing unit (1) adapted to let pass electromagnetic radiation with low transmission loss for receiving electromagnetic radiation. The insulating glazing unit (1) comprises: a first windowpane (3) defining at le ...

2021

Field evaluation of thermal and acoustical comfort in eight North-American buildings using embedded radiant systems

Caroline Karmann

We performed a post-occupancy assessment based on 500 occupant surveys in eight buildings using embedded radiant heating and cooling systems. This study follows-up on a quantitative assessment of 60 office buildings that found radiant and all-air buildings ...

2021

Dynamic Thermal Performance of the BIPV Facades

Dolaana Khovalyg, Mohammad Rahiminejad

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), generally integrated on the roofs, are more and more often installed on the facade as a result of a growing need in renewable energy generating surfaces. This allows maximizing the use of the building surfaces to g ...

AMER SOC HEATING, REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING ENGS2021

Insulation effect on thermal stability of Coated Conductors wires in liquid nitrogen

Bertrand Dutoit, Bertrand Dutoit

Superconducting wires are not perfectly homogeneous in term of critical current as well as stabilization. In resistive fault current limiter applications this could lead to hot spots if the fault current is only slightly above the nominal current of the de ...

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