Energy Efficiency of a Wooden House

An exemplary construction project developed in a commune close to Constanta, Romania, aims to build wooden houses for families with low income. The study focuses on their energy performance, aiming to determine simple technical solutions for the improvement of energy efficiency. The original house i...

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Main Author: Anca Constantin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University North 2020-01-01
Series:Tehnički Glasnik
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Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/346968
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description An exemplary construction project developed in a commune close to Constanta, Romania, aims to build wooden houses for families with low income. The study focuses on their energy performance, aiming to determine simple technical solutions for the improvement of energy efficiency. The original house is a duplex ground floor building. The energy assessment was performed in accordance with the Romanian methodology for the original house, for the reference one and for a variant of the original house whose ground floor is insulated. The study showed that appropriate insulation of the ground floor which covers 30% of the thermal envelope area results in a heating energy saving of 17%. Furthermore, the original horizontal duplex was compared to its similar vertical version (ground floor and one storey) which is more compact, at the same heated volume and the same heated area. The reference vertical version saves 3% of heating energy.
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spelling doaj.art-04985851af2948e1aba71984bfd2d4ce2024-04-15T16:12:12ZengUniversity NorthTehnički Glasnik1846-61681848-55882020-01-0114220120510.31803/tg-20200501101613Energy Efficiency of a Wooden HouseAnca Constantin0Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ovidius University, 22b Unirii Str., 900524 Constanta, RomaniaAn exemplary construction project developed in a commune close to Constanta, Romania, aims to build wooden houses for families with low income. The study focuses on their energy performance, aiming to determine simple technical solutions for the improvement of energy efficiency. The original house is a duplex ground floor building. The energy assessment was performed in accordance with the Romanian methodology for the original house, for the reference one and for a variant of the original house whose ground floor is insulated. The study showed that appropriate insulation of the ground floor which covers 30% of the thermal envelope area results in a heating energy saving of 17%. Furthermore, the original horizontal duplex was compared to its similar vertical version (ground floor and one storey) which is more compact, at the same heated volume and the same heated area. The reference vertical version saves 3% of heating energy.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/346968energy performanceheating energyheat transmissionthermal resistancewooden house
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Energy Efficiency of a Wooden House
Tehnički Glasnik
energy performance
heating energy
heat transmission
thermal resistance
wooden house
title Energy Efficiency of a Wooden House
title_full Energy Efficiency of a Wooden House
title_fullStr Energy Efficiency of a Wooden House
title_full_unstemmed Energy Efficiency of a Wooden House
title_short Energy Efficiency of a Wooden House
title_sort energy efficiency of a wooden house
topic energy performance
heating energy
heat transmission
thermal resistance
wooden house
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