- Title
- A technique to measure the impact of masonry components on housing thermal performance
- Creator
- Alterman, Dariusz; Page, Adrian; Zhang, Congcong; Moghtaderi, Behdad
- Relation
- 12th North American Masonry Conference. Proceedings of the 12th North American Masonry Conference (Denver, CO 17-20 May, 2015)
- Publisher
- The Masonry Society
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- This paper describes a novel methodology for defining the thermal performance of housing under dynamic weather conditions. This is of particular importance for masonry construction as it directly reflects the contribution of its thermal mass. The concept is called 'dynamic temperature response theory' and inherently considers the properties and an appropriate configuration of the insulation and thermal mass within walls when being exposed to typical temperature fluctuations. This is a novel approach which accurately reflects previous findings that masonry construction significantly reduces heating and cooling loads. It also highlights the fact that heavily insulated lightweight construction, with high thermal resistance but low thermal mass, does not perform as well as masonry construction in moderate climates, especially if passive solar design principles are utilized. Examples of how to accurately balance thermal mass and insulation properties in housing are discussed in the paper. This can be used to advantage in both new dwellings and in the retrofitting of existing houses to improve their thermal performance and minimise the need for artificial heating and cooling.
- Subject
- thermal performance; dynamic temperature response theory; insulation; internal masonry construction
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1315976
- Identifier
- uon:23041
- Language
- eng
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