An investigation into the use of thermal mass to improve comfort in British housing

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An investigation into the use of thermal mass to improve comfort in British housing

The UK Government has set ambitious targets for reducing energy use in buildings, including the target for all new homes to be zero-carbon by 2016. In addition, the government is committed to promote Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) as a solution for the shortage in housing that the country ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rodrigues, Lucélia Taranto
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	thermal mass housing british housing thermal comfort domestic modern methods of construction lightweight buildings thermal performance earth to air heat exchangers phase change materials low-energy space conditioning
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11872/

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