Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house
Evidence suggests that many UK dwellings are subjected to overheating or will be at some point in the future. Dwellings built using modern methods of construction may have a higher overheating risk due to the low levels of thermal mass associated with most of these methods. The Nottingham HOUSE, a p...
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| author | Rodrigues, Lucélia Taranto Sougkakis, Vasileios Gillott, Mark C. |
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| description | Evidence suggests that many UK dwellings are subjected to overheating or will be at some point in the future. Dwellings built using modern methods of construction may have a higher overheating risk due to the low levels of thermal mass associated with most of these methods. The Nottingham HOUSE, a prefabricated timber modular building designed to zero-carbon and Passivhaus standards, was examined in terms of overheating occurrence. The ability of a high-density fibreboard and phase change materials to provide additional levels of thermal mass was examined with the results suggesting that these can help regulate internal temperatures with the benefit of being easy to integrate. |
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| spelling | nottingham-428812020-05-04T18:06:36Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42881/ Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house Rodrigues, Lucélia Taranto Sougkakis, Vasileios Gillott, Mark C. Evidence suggests that many UK dwellings are subjected to overheating or will be at some point in the future. Dwellings built using modern methods of construction may have a higher overheating risk due to the low levels of thermal mass associated with most of these methods. The Nottingham HOUSE, a prefabricated timber modular building designed to zero-carbon and Passivhaus standards, was examined in terms of overheating occurrence. The ability of a high-density fibreboard and phase change materials to provide additional levels of thermal mass was examined with the results suggesting that these can help regulate internal temperatures with the benefit of being easy to integrate. Oxford University Press 2016-08-18 Article PeerReviewed Rodrigues, Lucélia Taranto, Sougkakis, Vasileios and Gillott, Mark C. (2016) Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, 11 (3). pp. 305-316. ISSN 1748-1325 modern methods of construction overheating thermal mass phase change materials energy efficiency https://academic.oup.com/ijlct/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/ijlct/ctv003 doi:10.1093/ijlct/ctv003 doi:10.1093/ijlct/ctv003 |
| spellingShingle | modern methods of construction overheating thermal mass phase change materials energy efficiency Rodrigues, Lucélia Taranto Sougkakis, Vasileios Gillott, Mark C. Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house |
| title | Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house |
| title_full | Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house |
| title_short | Investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house |
| title_sort | investigating the potential of adding thermal mass to mitigate overheating in a super-insulated low-energy timber house |
| topic | modern methods of construction overheating thermal mass phase change materials energy efficiency |
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