• 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