Materials for Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Buildings

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Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy

Preface

This publication was sponsored by The Austin Company of UK Limited

Part I: Fundamental issues and building physics: understanding energy efficiency and thermal comfort in the built environment

Chapter 1: Heat and mass transport processes in building materials

Abstract:

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Heat transfer: the transport of energy

1.3 Mass transfer: the transport of matter

1.4 Summary

1.7 Appendix: Nomenclature

Chapter 2: Hygrothermal behaviour and simulation in buildings

Abstract:

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Hygrothermal loads

2.3 Modelling simultaneous heat and moisture transfer processes

2.4 Input data for hygrothermal calculations ...