The Super-insulated Retrofit Book

The Super-insulated Retrofit Book
Author: Brian Marshall
Publisher: Bookpeople
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780920456439


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Shows how to use insulation, vapor barriers, passive solar heating, and improved windows and doors to make a house more energy efficient

Energy-Efficient Retrofit of Buildings by Interior Insulation

Energy-Efficient Retrofit of Buildings by Interior Insulation
Author: Thomas Stahl
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2021-11-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128165154


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Energy-Efficient Retrofit of Buildings by Interior Insulation: Materials, Methods and Tools offers readers comprehensive coverage of current research in German Language Countries. Chapters provide an overview on the development of energy efficiency for building retrofits and the role of internal insulation, cover materials with chapters on Brick, Wood, Plaster, Clay, and Natural Stone, explain the impact of internal insulation in those materials and how to cope with problems such as moisture build, mold and algae growth, provide practical advice on how to apply internal insulation in the most effective way, including Salt Efflorescence, Noise Protection, Fire Prevention, and more. The practical approach of the book, with examples in all chapters, makes it valuable for Civil and Architectural Engineers involved with building retrofit. The book may also be useful to researchers in the field of Building Physics due to the breadth of the coverage. Introduces methods and tools through application examples Presents theory and simulations with practical information to validate models Explores a wide variety of materials and applications Features examples of Residential, Commercial and Historic Buildings Covers all stages of the retrofit process, from planning to inspection and how to avoid damage

The Super Insulated Retrofit

The Super Insulated Retrofit
Author: Energy Technology Access Group
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1984*
Genre: Dwellings
ISBN:


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Retrofit Right

Retrofit Right
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1983
Genre: Dwellings
ISBN:


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Building America Case Study

Building America Case Study
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN:


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Designing a superinsulated home has many benefits including improved comfort, reduced exterior noise penetration, lower energy bills, and the ability to withstand power and fuel outages under much more comfortable conditions than a typical home. Extremely low heating and cooling loads equate to much smaller HVAC equipment than conventionally required. Sizing the mechanical system to these much lower loads reduces first costs and the size of the distribution system needed. While these homes aren't necessarily constructed with excessive mass in the form of concrete floors and walls, the amount of insulation and the increase in the thickness of the building envelope can lead to a mass effect, resulting in the structures ability to store much more heat than a code built home. This results in a very low thermal inertia making the building much less sensitive to drastic temperature swings thereby decreasing the peak heating load demand. Alternative methods that take this inertia into account along with solar and internal gains result in smaller more appropriate design loads than those calculated using Manual J version 8. During the winter of 2013/2014, CARB monitored the energy use of three homes in climate zone 6 in an attempt to evaluate the accuracy of two different mechanical system sizing methods for low load homes. Based on the results, it is recommended that internal and solar gains be included and some credit for thermal inertia be used in sizing calculations for superinsulated homes.

The Greened House Effect

The Greened House Effect
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2013
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1603584501


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Describes how to give residential buildings a Deep Energy Retrofit, a whole-home makeover that will make any home cleaner, greener, more comfortable, and healthier.

Ever Heard of Retrofit?

Ever Heard of Retrofit?
Author: United States. Department of Energy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1977
Genre: Dwellings
ISBN:


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