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  title info:
    title: External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS)
    sub title: An Evaluation of Hygrothermal Behaviour
  name:
    name part: Barreira, Eva.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: de Freitas, Vasco Peixoto.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: X, 71 p. 66 illus., 65 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book analyzes the hygrothermal behaviour of external thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS), components that increase the thermal efficiency of buildings. Treating a topic that has largely been neglected, it explores the main cause of biological growth within ETICS. The results of two experimental test series are presented: (i) a long-term assessment of four façades covered with ETICS and (ii) an evaluation of the factors affecting the façades’ hygrothermal behaviour. Furthermore, using a previously validated numerical model, it presents a sensitivity analysis of the hygrothermal behaviour of façades coated with ETICS. It also provides a methodology to assess the surface humidification of ETICS, which combines the effect of surface condensation, wind-driven rain and the drying process (three of the most prevalent parameters influencing the surface moisture content), which can then be used as a decision-support tool. ETICS are now frequently used in Europe to improve the thermal efficiency of buildings. Despite their advantages in terms of thermal efficiency, their low cost and their ease of application, these systems are adversely affected by microbiological growth, which causes defacement of cladding. Although the thermal and mechanical performance of the system is not impaired, biological defacement has an enormous aesthetic impact, affecting the inhabitants’ living experience and restricting the full implementation of this technology. External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS): An Evaluation of Hygrothermal Behaviour provides a valuable resource to engineers and architects utilizing ETICS in their work, and for researchers and students interested in the hygrothermal behaviour of ETICS. It is also intended for those employed in industry and manufacturers of ETICS.
  table of contents: Introduction -- External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS) -- Hygrothermal behaviour of ETICS – Experimental and numerical study -- Critical parameters involved in exterior surface condensation on ETICS -- Risk assessment of hygrothermal behaviour of ETICS -- The effect of nearby obstacles in surface condensations on ETICS – Experimental and numerical study -- Conclusions.
  note: by Eva Barreira, Vasco Peixoto de Freitas.
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Computer simulation
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical models
  subject:
    topic: Building construction
  subject:
    topic: Structural materials
  subject:
    topic: Energy
  subject:
    topic: Energy Efficiency
  subject:
    topic: Building Physics, HVAC
  subject:
    topic: Simulation and Modeling
  subject:
    topic: Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Structural Materials
  classification: T58.8
  classification: 658.26
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
  identifier: 9783319203829
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20382-9
  record info:
    record creation date: 151014
    record change date: 20170520115823.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-20382-9