In the last few years, to meet the need of build efficient homes in a short time and with maximum constructive simplification, lightweight prefabricated building systems have proved to be particularly suitable, especially in geographical areas which must deal with emergency situations. In this paper the winter and summer thermal performance of a building prototype, realised with modular steel framed elements, have been studied, with both computational simulations and on-site measurements. Special attention has been paid to the optimisation of the dynamic thermal performance of the multi-layered envelope structures. The dynamic thermal behaviour of the outer wall, analysed and discussed in details in the paper, shows that it is possible to improve the performance of lightweight walls by using an optimised stratigraphy characterised by an opportune sequence of resistive and capacitive layers.
Dynamic thermal analysis of a new lightweight prefabricated building system
FANTOZZI, FABIO;GALBIATI, PIETRO MARIA SCIPIONE;LECCESE, FRANCESCO;SALVADORI, GIACOMO;Rocca M.;
2014-01-01
Abstract
In the last few years, to meet the need of build efficient homes in a short time and with maximum constructive simplification, lightweight prefabricated building systems have proved to be particularly suitable, especially in geographical areas which must deal with emergency situations. In this paper the winter and summer thermal performance of a building prototype, realised with modular steel framed elements, have been studied, with both computational simulations and on-site measurements. Special attention has been paid to the optimisation of the dynamic thermal performance of the multi-layered envelope structures. The dynamic thermal behaviour of the outer wall, analysed and discussed in details in the paper, shows that it is possible to improve the performance of lightweight walls by using an optimised stratigraphy characterised by an opportune sequence of resistive and capacitive layers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.