TY - BOOK ID - 125563677 TI - Thermal Behaviour, Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Sustainable Construction PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Research & information: general KW - Technology: general issues KW - energy demand analysis KW - insulation materials KW - climate zones KW - envelope KW - CO2 emissions KW - LSF construction KW - facade wall KW - partition wall KW - thermal transmittance KW - thermal bridges KW - parametric study KW - numerical simulations KW - building energy statistics KW - building energy consumption KW - energy balance sheet KW - building energy efficiency KW - China KW - building automation systems KW - heating control KW - energy savings KW - earth building KW - thermal comfort KW - passive design KW - monitoring and simulation KW - glazed balcony KW - indoor comfort KW - passive strategies KW - thermal performance KW - vernacular architecture KW - overheating risk KW - evaluation KW - cold climates KW - lightweight steel frame KW - LSF walls KW - U-value KW - analytical methods KW - calculation procedures KW - accuracy KW - Model simplifications KW - Thermal and visual comfort KW - Energy performance KW - IDA ICE KW - Residential building KW - passive solar KW - Trombe wall KW - light steel frame KW - thermal behavior KW - energy efficiency KW - Mediterranean climate KW - office use KW - residential use KW - heating set-points KW - metering hot box KW - in situ KW - hygrothermal measurement KW - dynamic conditions KW - historic masonries KW - HeLLo KW - compressed earth blocks (CEBs) KW - compressive strength KW - durability KW - guarded hot box KW - LCA KW - environmental impact KW - house KW - building envelope KW - building KW - overhangs KW - energy consumption KW - optimization KW - GenOpt KW - EnergyPlus KW - crushed glass KW - periodic thermal transmittance KW - energy demand KW - adaptive comfort KW - social housing KW - heating and cooling system KW - optimization and management KW - energy use prediction KW - neural network KW - support vector machine KW - occupant behavior KW - climate changes KW - energy needs KW - ventilation KW - residential buildings KW - DesignBuilder KW - water vapor resistivity KW - hygrothermal modeling KW - condensation KW - mold KW - hygrothermal properties KW - moisture transport KW - inter-laboratory testing KW - building energy KW - performance assessment KW - air renovation KW - non-intrusive measurements KW - on-board monitoring KW - aerogel KW - dynamic simulation KW - retrofitting KW - economic analysis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:125563677 AB - This Special Issue includes 20 contributions from across the world with very interesting and current research topics, such as insulation solutions and CO2 emissions; thermal transmittance of LSF walls; statistics for China’s building energy consumption; natural ventilation; thermal behavior of an earthbag building; thermal performance and comfort in a vernacular building; overheating risk under future extreme weather conditions; analytical methods to estimate the thermal transmittance of LSF walls; model simplification on energy and comfort simulation analysis; Trombe wall thermal behavior and energy efficiency of an LSF compartment; new metering hot box for in situ hygrothermal measurement; mechanical and thermal performance of compressed earth blocks; life-cycle assessment of a new house; energy analyses of Serbian buildings with horizontal overhangs; thermal properties of mortar blocks by using recycled glass; prediction of cooling energy consumption building using machine learning techniques; occupants’ behavior, climate change, heating, and cooling energy needs of buildings; a new method for establishing a hygrothermally controlled test room; nonintrusive measurements to incorporate the air renovations in dynamic models; and retrofit of existing buildings with aerogel panels. ER -