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Parametric study on the impact of thermal bridges on the heat loss of internally insulated buildings

Marincioni, V; Altamirano, H; May, N; (2015) Parametric study on the impact of thermal bridges on the heat loss of internally insulated buildings. Energy Procedia , 78 pp. 889-894. 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.013. Green open access

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Abstract

Internal wall insulation as energy efficiency retrofit measure could considerably help to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of more than 6 million solid wall buildings in the UK. However during retrofit, junctions that are hard to reach are often left uninsulated, increasing heat loss and surface mould growth risk at thermal bridges. This paper presents a parametric study on the impact of thermal bridges on the total heat loss of an internally insulated mid-terrace house. Findings showed that heat flux through junctions occurred mainly at reveals and that the total heat flux at junctions per unit of exposed area was often higher than the default value used in the UK.

Type: Article
Title: Parametric study on the impact of thermal bridges on the heat loss of internally insulated buildings
Event: 6th International Building Physics Conference
Location: Turin, Italy
Dates: 14 June 2015 - 17 June 2016
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.013
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.013
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
Keywords: Thermal bridges,internal wall insulation, retrofit
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1522506
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