Applied building physics : boundry conditions, building performance and material properties / Hugo Hens.
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TextPublication details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2010.Description: xiv, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 3433029628
- 9783433029626
- 696 HEN
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 696 HEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100475376 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The energy crises of the 1970s, persisting moisture problems, complaints about sick buildings, thermal, visual and olfactory discomfort, and the move towards more sustainability in building construction have pushed Building Physics to the forefront of building innovation. The societal pressure to diminish energy consumption in buildings without impairing usability acted as a trigger to activate the whole notion of performance based design and construction. As with all engineering sciences, Building Physics is oriented towards application, which is why, after a first book on fundamentals this second volume examines performance rationale and performance requirements. Outdoor and indoor climate conditions are described and calculation values are discussed, the performance concept is specified at the building level and at the building envelope level, and heat-air-moisture material properties are defined.
The book incorporates 35 years of teaching Building Physics to architectural, building and civil engineers, bolstered by 40 years of experience, research and consultancy.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Introduction
- Outdoor And Indoor Conditions
- Overview
- Outdoor Conditions
- Dry bulb (or air) temperature
- Solar radiation
- Long wave radiation
- Relative humidity and (partial water) vapour pressure
- Wind
- Precipitation and wind driven rain
- Standardized outside climate values
- Indoor conditions
- Dry bulb (or air) temperature
- Relative humidity and (partial water) vapour pressure
- Water vapour release indoors
- Indoor climate classes
- Indoor/outdoor air pressure differentials
- Performance Metrics And Arrays
- Definitions
- Functional demands
- Performance requirements
- Some history
- Performance arrays
- Functionality
- Structural adequacy
- Building physics related quality
- Fire safety
- Durability
- Maintenance
- Costs
- Functional Requirements And Performances At The Building Level
- Thermal comfort
- Physiological basis
- Global steady state thermal comfort
- Local discomfort
- Transient conditions
- Comfort related enclosure performance
- Health and indoor environmental quality
- Energy efficiency
- Energy use in buildings
- Space heating
- Parameters defining the net energy demand for heating
- Net energy demand for cooling
- Gross energy demand, end energy use
- Buildings ranked in terms of energy efficiency
- Durability
- Life cycle costs
- Sustainability
- Heat-Air-Moisture Performances At The Envelope Level
- Air-tightness
- Thermal transmittance
- Transient thermal response
- Moisture tolerance
- Thermal bridges
- Contact coefficient
- Hygro-thermal stress and strain
- Example of a performance control: timber framed walls
- Heat-Air-Moisture Material Properties
- Dry air and water
- Building, insulating and finishing materials
- References And Literature