Passive thermal behaviour of buildings: Performance of external multi-layered walls and influence of internal walls

Francesco Leccese, Giacomo Salvadori, Francesco Asdrubali and Paola Gori

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 225, issue C, 1078-1089

Abstract: In contemporary architecture, the opaque building envelope is usually realised by multi-layered walls; that is, a sequence of homogeneous layers of different materials. The layer sequence and distribution affect the wall behaviour in terms of its overall thermal inertia, or heat storage capability; hence, analysis of the thermal performance of a multi-layered wall becomes very important under dynamic heat transfer conditions, as usually occurs during summer.

Keywords: Building envelope; Multi-layered walls; Internal walls; Dynamic thermal behaviour; Decrement factor; Time lag (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.05.090

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