Solid-wall U -values: heat flux measurements compared with standard assumptions
Solid-wall U -values: heat flux measurements compared with standard assumptions
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实心壁 U 值:热通量测量值与标准假设的比较
DOI:
10.1080/09613218.2014.967977
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Li F
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作者:
Li F
The assumedU-values of solid walls represent a significant source of uncertainty when estimating the energy performance of dwellings. The typicalU-value for UK solid walls used for stock-level energy demand estimates and energy certification is 2.1 Wm−2K−1. A re-analysis (based on 40 brick solid walls and 18 stone walls) using a lumped thermal mass and inverse parameter estimation technique gives a mean value of 1.3 ± 0.4 Wm−2K−1for both solid wall types. Among the many implications for policy, this suggests that standard UK solid-wallU-values may be inappropriate for energy certification or for evaluating the investment economics of solid-wall insulation. For stock-level energy modelling, changing the assumedU-value for solid walls reduces the estimated mean annual space heating demand by 16%, and causes a proportion of the stock to change Energy Performance Certification (EPC) band. The analysis shows that the diversity of energy use in domestic buildings may be as much influenced by heterogeneity in the physical characteristics of individual building components as it is by variation in occupant behaviour. Policy assessment and guidance material needs to acknowledge and account for this variation in physical building characteristics through regular grounding in empirical field data.