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Passivhus er gammelt nytt. Nå er det null energibruk som gjelder. Artikkel skrevet av Joachim Seehusen.

Målet er null
Publication Year: 2012


Passive House as normality?
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Powerhouse One og Kjørbo
Authors: Publication Year: 2012


Thermal comfort is one of the most important factors for the success of design. Many investigations have been made since people realized the importance of energy conservation in a building. PCM is an example of such innovation in building material that helps to maintain the thermal comfort in building and also lessen the energy demand. PCM works on a principle of latent heat storage in which the material is capable of storing the heat while it reaches melting and later releases this heat in useful form. This thesis looks into the behavior of PCM when applied on different building component…

In recent years, Thermal Energy Storage (TES) is becoming more and more important in different engineering applications. As far as the building sector is concerned, TES is considered a crucial feature to reach the net-Zero Energy Building (nZEB) goal. Commonly, TES in building is obtained using the sensible heat property of conventional building materials (building thermal inertia). The drawbacks of this strategy are: the low amount of thermal energy that can be stored; the overheating of the indoor environment that may occur if elevate amount of heat is collected by a conventional building material. On the contrary, the exploitation of…

The adoption of Phase Change Materials (PCMs) in building components is an up-to-date topic and a relevant number of research activities on this issue are currently on the way. A particular application of PCMs in the building envelope focuses on the integration of such a kind of material into transparent envelope components. A numerical model that describes the thermo-physical behaviour of a PCM layer in combination with other transparent materials (i.e. glass panes) has been developed to perform numerical analyses on various PCM glazing systems configurations. The paper illustrates the structure of the model, the main equations implemented and the…

The building enclosure plays a relevant role in the management of the energy flows in buildings and in the exploitation of the solar energy at building scale. An optimized configuration of the façade can contribute to reduce the total energy demand of the building. Traditionally, the search for the optimal façade configuration is obtained by analyzing the heating demand and/or the cooling demand only, while the implication of the façade configuration on the energy demand for artificial lighting is often not considered, especially during the first stage of the design process. A global approach (i.e. including heating, cooling and artificial…

Powerhouse One
Authors: Publication Year: 2012


Et nytt bygg rundt det gamle skal sikre både økt areal og lav energibruk. Artikkel i Teknisk Ukeblad, skrevet av Joachim Seehusen, publisert 11. april 2012.

Et nytt kontorbygg på Brattørkaia i Trondheim vil produsere 49 kWh/m2/år. Artikkel i Teknisk Ukeblad, skrevet av Joachim seehusen, publisert 16. mars 2012.

Energikonsept for Powerhouse One
Authors: Publication Year: 2012


Energibruk nær null
Publication Year: 2012

20 leiligheter og 20 eneboliger skal få energibruk nær null. Artikkel i Teknisk Ukeblad, srekvet av Joachim Seehusen, publisert 3. januar 2012.

Aerogels are regarded as one of the most promising high performance thermal insulation materials for building applications today. With a thermal conductivity down to 13 mW/(m K) for commercial products they show remarkable characteristics compared to traditional thermal insulation materials. Also the possibility of high transmittances in the solar spectrum is of high interest for the construction sector. With the proper knowledge they give both the architect and engineer the opportunity of re-inventing architectural solutions. Within this work, a review is given on the knowledge of aerogel insulation in general and for building applications in particular.

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