DocumentCode
1340475
Title
Thermal insulation in houses and sheds
Author
Boroni, G. ; Clausse, Alejandro ; D´Amato, J.P. ; Bauza, C.G.
Author_Institution
CNEA - CIC, Univ. Nac. del Centro, Tandil, Argentina
Volume
10
Issue
5
fYear
2012
Firstpage
2195
Lastpage
2201
Abstract
Thermal insulation is usually needed for large buildings because of the requirement to comply with quality standards while for residential houses usually the builders suggest some kind of insulation. in general, the users do not know the subject and think that both heating and cooling of rooms is solved using air conditioning systems. Moreover, most people do not know how to reduce electricity bills, gas, etc. and they spend large amounts of money because they believe that is the price to pay for these services. In this paper is presented a computational tool to analyze the influence of thermal insulation on heat transfer by conduction through the roof of a certain room. The application displays the advantages of installing thermal insulation in different weather conditions in various regions of Argentina, and provides economic arguments for design and evaluation of each work.
Keywords
air conditioning; cooling; heat transfer; space heating; thermal insulation; Argentina; air conditioning systems; economic arguments; electricity bill reduction; heat transfer; residential houses; room cooling; room heating; thermal insulation; weather conditions; Artificial intelligence; Biological system modeling; Human computer interaction; Insulation; Thermal management; Decision support systems; Energy conservation; Insulation thermal factors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1548-0992
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TLA.2012.6362366
Filename
6362366
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