Thermal Transmittance and the Embodied Energy of Timber Frame Lightweight Walls Insulated with Straw and Reed

2nd International Conference on Innovative Materials, Structures and Technologies

Miljan, M.^1 ; Miljan, J.^1

Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Department of Rural Building, Kreutzwaldi 5, Tartu, Estonia^1

关键词: Efficiency of materials;    Embodied energy;    Industrial materials;    Insulation materials;    Primary energies;    Sustainable energy use;    Thermal transmittance;    Whole life cycles;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/96/1/012076/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/96/1/012076

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Sustainable energy use has become topical in the whole world. Energy gives us comfort we are used to. EU and national regulations determine energy efficiency of the buildings. This is one side of the problem - energy efficiency of houses during exploitation. But the other side is primary energy content of used materials and more rational use of resources during the whole life cycle of a building. The latter value constitutes about 8 - 20% from the whole energy content. Calculations of energy efficiency of materials lead us to energy efficiency of insulation materials and to comparison of natural and industrial materials taking into account their thermal conductivity as well as their primary energy content. Case study of the test house (built in 2012) insulated with straw bales gave the result that thermal transmittance of investigated straw bale walls was according to the minimum energy efficiency requirements set in Estonia U = 0.12 - 0.22 W/m2K (for walls).