Dimitrov A.V. Energy Modeling and Computations in the Building Envelope

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2016. — 317 p. — ISBN: 1498723209.Energy Modeling and Computations in the Building Envelope instills a deeper understanding of the energy interactions between buildings and the environment, based on the analysis of transfer processes operating in the building envelope components at the microscopic level. The author:Proposes a generalized physics model that describes these interactions at the microscopic level via the macroscopic characteristics of the building envelope
Presents mathematical models that utilize classical analytical tools and can be used to perform quantitative predictions of the consequences of the energy interactions
Reveals easy-to-apply engineering methods concerning the design and inspection of the building envelope, taking into account the effects of energy on the envelopeEnergy Modeling and Computations in the Building Envelope provides comprehensive coverage of this environmentally and economically important topic, from the physics of energy transfer to its numerical estimation. The book is especially useful to those looking to increase building energy efficiency, decrease the consumption of primary energy carriers, and raise the ecological sustainability of construction products.Introduction: The Buildings’ Envelope—A Component of the Building Energy System
Physics of Energy Conversions in the Building Envelope at Microscopic Level
Design of a Model of Energy Exchange Running between the Building Envelope and the Surroundings: Free Energy Potential
Definition of the Macroscopic Characteristics of Transfer
Numerical Study of Transfer in Building Envelope Components
Initial and Boundary Conditions of a Solid Wall Element
Engineering Methods of Estimating the Effect of the Surroundings on the Building Envelope: Control of the Heat Transfer through the Building Envelope (Arrangement of the Thermal Resistances within a Structure Consisting of Solid Wall Elements)
Applications (Solved Tasks and Tables)