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Building envelope design, Part 2: estimating field performance of thermal insulation

Bomberg, M. T. and Kumaran, M. K.
1993
Building Envelope and Environmental Control: Part 2, Estimating Field Performance of Thermal Insulation, Construction Practice : Selected Applications in Construction Technology, Construction Canada, 35, (2), pp. 24-27, March

Bomberg, M. T. and Kumaran, M. K., (1993), "Building envelope design, Part 2: estimating field performance of thermal insulation", Building Envelope and Environmental Control: Part 2, Estimating Field Performance of Thermal Insulation, Construction Practice : Selected Applications in Construction Technology, Construction Canada, 35, (2), pp. 24-27, March.
Abstract:

"There are two challenges involved in selecting thermal insulation materials. One is to characterize the key factors affecting the field performance-- settlement of loose fills, aging of gas-filled foams, effect of air on glass-fibre insulations, effect of moisture on thermal performance of all insulations. The second is to develop evaluation methods that simulate field performance of these insulations."
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Bomberg, M. T.
     
Kumaran, M. K.
Building Performance Laboratory, Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council Canada
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