scholarly journals Evaluating the Impact of Indoor Insulation on Historic Build-Ings: A Multilevel Approach Involving Heat and Moisture Simulations

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 7944
Author(s):  
Ivana Mattea Lisitano ◽  
Deborah Laggiard ◽  
Stefano Fantucci ◽  
Valentina Serra ◽  
Elisa Fenoglio
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Moisture Transfer ◽  
Thermal Inertia ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Internal Wall ◽  
Winter Climate ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Heat And Moisture ◽  
The Impact

The energy refurbishment of historic buildings is a complex task for building envelope designers who need to carefully consider building conservation guidelines and principles. In most cases, external wall insulation techniques can determine an unacceptable alteration of the historical value of a building. For this reason, internal wall insulation techniques have been used widely in the last few decades. Nevertheless, dealing with internal wall insulation requires a complex design to avoid the risk of condensation and moisture-related pathologies. Moreover, an internal wall insulation may have a relevant impact on indoor comfort conditions. In this paper, the Monastery of Santa Maria de Monfero in Galicia (Spain) has been adopted as a building case study to compare different technological solutions based on: (i) an insulating plaster layer, (ii) dry counter wall systems. In the first step, heat and moisture transfer simulations of the wall components were performed to analyze the hygrothermal behavior of the different alternatives considering two different climate conditions. In a second step, a simulation of the whole building was performed to analyze the impact of the retrofitting strategies on the indoor climate and on the building heating and cooling demand. The obtained results show that the counter wall solution leads to higher energy savings during the heating season in the colder winter climate. However, the use of insulating thermal plaster could also be a viable solution since they lead to several advantages in summer because of their higher thermal inertia. Therefore, the selection of the most appropriate insulation technique has to be evaluated carefully considering the outdoor/indoor climate and using a case-by-case approach.

The Impact of Balcony Glazing on the Selected Building Envelope

2016 ◽  
Vol 824 ◽  
pp. 315-322
Author(s):  
Zdenek Perina ◽  
Hana Sevcikova ◽  
Radek Fabian ◽  
Marcela Halirova ◽  
Eva Rykalova
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Heat Insulation ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Inner Surface ◽  
The Impact

Current requirements for energy savings lead to improve heat insulation properties of claddings. That is the reason why thermal insulation properties are improved in existing buildings, such as additional insulation of the building envelope and replacing filling holes in the facade. The reason for the implementation of the glazing of these areas is the idea of improving the indoor climate of the living space. It is assumed that condensation of water vapor and occurrence of moulds on inner surface of the structures can happened in certain conditions of indoor air.

scholarly journals Application Method of a Simplified Heat and Moisture Transfer Model of Building Construction in Residential Buildings

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4180
Author(s):  
Joowook Kim ◽  
Michael Brandemuehl
Keyword(s):  
Latent Heat ◽  
Moisture Transfer ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Heat And Moisture Transfer ◽  
Heat And Moisture

Several building energy simulation programs have been developed to evaluate the indoor conditions and energy performance of buildings. As a fundamental component of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning loads, each building energy modeling tool calculates the heat and moisture exchange among the outdoor environment, building envelope, and indoor environments. This paper presents a simplified heat and moisture transfer model of the building envelope, and case studies for building performance obtained by different heat and moisture transfer models are conducted to investigate the contribution of the proposed steady-state moisture flux (SSMF) method. For the analysis, three representative humid locations in the United States are considered: Miami, Atlanta, and Chicago. The results show that the SSMF model effectively complements the latent heat transfer calculation in conduction transfer function (CTF) and effective moisture penetration depth (EMPD) models during the cooling season. In addition, it is found that the ceiling part of a building largely constitutes the latent heat generated by the SSMF model.

scholarly journals Indoor Airflow Distribution in Repository Design: Experimental and Numerical Microclimate Analysis of an Archive

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Karin Kompatscher ◽  
Rick P. Kramer ◽  
Bart Ankersmit ◽  
Henk L. Schellen
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Gradient ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Cfd Modeling ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Climate Control ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Airflow Distribution ◽  
Air Mixing ◽  
Delay Variations

The majority of cultural heritage is stored in archives, libraries and museum storage spaces. To reduce degradation risks, many archives adopt the use of archival boxes, among other means, to provide the necessary climate control and comply with strict legislation requirements regarding temperature and relative air humidity. A strict ambient indoor climate is assumed to provide adequate environmental conditions near objects. Guidelines and legislation provide requirements for ambient indoor climate parameters, but often do not consider other factors that influence the near-object environment, such as the use of archival boxes, airflow distribution and archival rack placement. This study aimed to provide more insight into the relation between the ambient indoor conditions in repositories and the hygrothermal conditions surrounding the collection. Comprehensive measurements were performed in a case study archive to collect ambient, local and near-object conditions. Both measurements and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling were used to research temperature/relative humidity gradients and airflow distribution with a changing rack orientation, climate control strategy and supply as well as exhaust set-up in a repository. The following conclusions are presented: (i) supplying air from one air handling unit to multiple repositories on different floors leads to small temperature differences between them. Differences in ambient and local climates are noticed; (ii) archival boxes mute and delay variations in ambient conditions as expected—however, thermal radiation from the building envelope may have a large influence on the climate conditions in a box; (iii) adopting night reduction for energy conservation results in an increased influence of the external climate, with adequate insulation, this effect should be mitigated; and (iv) the specific locations of the supply air and extraction of air resulted in a vertical gradient of temperature and insufficient mixing of air, and adequate ventilation strategies should enhance sufficient air mixing in combination with the insulation of external walls, and gradient forming should be reduced.

Development of experimental study on coupled heat and moisture transfer in porous building envelope

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 669-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo-jie Chen ◽  
Xiang-wei Liu ◽  
You-ming Chen ◽  
Xing-guo Guo ◽  
Yong-qiang Deng
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Moisture Transfer ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Heat And Moisture Transfer ◽  
Coupled Heat And Moisture ◽  
Heat And Moisture

scholarly journals Propiedades térmicas e hídricas de materiales aislantes apropiadas para fábricas históricas = Thermal and hygric properties of insulation materials suitable for historic fabrics

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rosanne Walker ◽  
Sara Pavía
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Thermal Inertia ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Indoor Thermal Comfort ◽  
Operational Energy ◽  
Lime Plaster ◽  
Hygric Properties ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Solid Walls

ResumenMejorar el rendimiento térmico de los edificios mediante la adaptación del aislamiento puede reducir la pérdida innecesaria de calor y energía minimizando el impacto ambiental. El aislamiento térmico interior es a menudo el elegido en los edificios históricos para preservar sus características. Sin embargo, el aislamiento interior puede aumentar la acumulación de humedad en paredes que socavan su durabilidad. Hay una falta de conocimiento sobre la eficacia de sólidos muros históricos y el impacto del aislamiento interno en su comportamiento higrotérmico. Este artículo investiga las propiedades térmicas e hídricas de siete opciones de aislamiento internos, incluyendo la pintura térmica, aerogel (AG), corcho-cal (CL), cal-cáñamo (HL), silicato de calcio bordo (CSB), tablero de fibra de madera (TFB) y placa de polisocianurato (PIR). Sus propiedades se comparan con un enlucido de cal tradicional. El PIR y el aerogel AG muestran extraordinarias propiedades térmicas que contribuyen a la comodidad y ahorro de energía, y la CL y HL son permeables al vapor y a la capilaridad. Estos tienen aproximadamente el doble de la masa térmica de los otros aislantes. Además, la CL tiene una buena inercia térmica (segunda difusividad más baja) y, a pesar de su contenido orgánico, una adsorción de baja a alta RH.AbstractImproving the thermal performance of buildings by retrofitting insulation can reduce unnecessary heat loss and building operational energy minimising environmental impact. Internal thermal insulation is often favoured for historic buildings to preserve their features. However, internal insulation may increase moisture accumulation in walls undermining their durability. There is a lack of knowledge on the performance of historic solid walls and the impact of internal insulation in their hygrothermal behaviour. This paper investigates the thermal and hygric properties of seven internal insulation options including thermal paint, aerogel (AG), cork lime (CL), hemp lime (HL), calcium silicate board (CSB), timber fibre board (TFB) and polyisocyanurate (PIR) board. Their properties are compared with a traditional lime plaster. The PIR and aerogel AG show outstanding thermal properties that contribute towards indoor thermal comfort and energy savings and the CL and HL are vapour permeable and capillary active. They have approximately double the thermal mass of the other insulations. In addition, the CL has a good thermal inertia (2nd lowest diffusivity) and, in spite of its organic content, a low adsorption at high RH.

scholarly journals Improvement of energy performances of existing buildings by application of solar thermal systems

Spatium ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Krstic-Furundzic ◽  
Vesna Kosoric
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Thermal Systems ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Solar Thermal Collectors ◽  
Reduction Of Co2

Improvement of energy performances of the existing buildings in the suburban settlement Konjarnik in Belgrade, by the application of solar thermal systems is the topic presented in this paper. Hypothetical models of building improvements are created to allow the benefits of applying solar thermal collectors to residential buildings in Belgrade climate conditions to be estimated. This case study presents different design variants of solar thermal collectors integrated into a multifamily building envelope. The following aspects of solar thermal systems integration are analyzed in the paper: energy, architectural, ecological and economic. The results show that in Belgrade climatic conditions significant energy savings and reduction of CO2 emissions can be obtained with the application of solar thermal collectors.

scholarly journals The impact of building envelope retrofit measures on postwar MURBS in Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Damyar
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Energy Simulation ◽  
Reduce Energy Consumption ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Current Standards

Building envelope retrofits is one of the options available to reduce energy consumption of postwar MURBs in Toronto. This study evaluates the impact of building envelope retrofits that meet current standards on energy consumption of a Toronto postwar MURB; utilizing eQUEST energy simulation software. Further upgrades also take place to evaluate how the impact of building envelope retrofits on energy use can be increased and optimized for all assemblies of building envelope and airtightness. Moreover, the retrofit strategies are ranked based on cost and energy-saving effectiveness. The results of the analysis reveal that building envelope retrofit based on OBC-2012 standards can reduce the energy consumption by up to 44%. Furthermore, the optimal RSI values of all building envelope components were found to be equal or less than code requirements which outcomes significant energy savings. Lastly, the ranking of the strategies helps to identify the best option according to the priorities of a project.

scholarly journals Simulation Research on the Effect of Coupled Heat and Moisture Transfer on the Energy Consumption and Indoor Environment of Public Buildings

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shui Yu ◽  
Yumeng Cui ◽  
Yifei Shao ◽  
Fuhong Han
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Moisture Transfer ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Thermal Calculation ◽  
Heat And Moisture Transfer ◽  
Building Envelopes ◽  
Coupled Heat And Moisture ◽  
Heat And Moisture ◽  
Humidity Environment

A building envelope is a multi-layer porous structure. It transfers heat and moisture to balance the indoor and outdoor temperature difference and water vapor partial pressure difference. This is a typical coupled heat and moisture migration process. When the space is filled with moist air, water or ice, it will directly affect the thermal properties of the material. With respect to moisture coming through the wall into the indoor building, it will also affect the indoor environment and the energy consumption due to the formation of latent heat. However, the moisture transfer process in the building envelopes is not taken into account in the current conventional thermal calculation and energy consumption analysis. This paper analyzes the indoor thermal and humidity environment and building energy consumption of typical cities in Harbin, Shenyang, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. The results show that it is obvious that the coupled heat and moisture transfer in the building envelopes has an impact on the annual cooling and heating energy consumption, the total energy consumption, and the indoor thermal and humidity environment. The geographical location of buildings ranging from north to south influences the effect of coupled heat and moisture transfer on the annual energy consumption of the building, moving from positive to negative. It is suggested that the additional coefficient of the coupled thermal and moisture method can effectively correct the existing energy consumption calculation results, which do not take the consumption from the coupled heat and moisture in the building envelopes into account.

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