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Author
Liu, S. T.
Title
Analysis of Construction Systems for the Thermal Classification of Residential Buildings. Final Report.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
Sponsor
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
Report
NBSIR 75-678, November 24, 1975,
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
residential buildings; structural engineering; thermodynamic properties; classifications; behavior; data sources; performance; recommendations; time constant; houses | operation breakthrough
Identifiers
thermal behavior; operation breakthrough; mass per unit area
Abstract
This report is the result of a study to classify various kinds of residential buildings in relation to their thermal behavior. A collection of various building data and construction systems taken from the Operation breakthrough Program is presented. Thermal performance parameters of buildings, such as; U-value, thermal mass, thermal time constant, and mass per unit area were computed and analyzed. The report recommends one way in which construction systems could be classified. Since the housing systems studied represented a cross section of the conventional residential construction systems in the building industry, it is felt that a realistic classification procedure for typical residential buildings can be established and based upon the parameter: mass per unit area.