Identification of building applications for a variable-conductance insulation
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- Winter (Steven) Associates, Inc., New York, NY (United States)
Recent experiments have confirmed the feasibility of controllable, reversible disabling of a vacuum insulation panel, which may result in the development of energy-efficient building envelope components. These components could extend the managed energy exchange through the building envelope from about 30% (typical with fenestration systems in commercial buildings), to as much as 90% of the gross wall and roof areas. Further investigation will be required to optimized the thermal response and the magnitude of the R-value swing (from a difference between insulating and conducting insulating values of 4 to as high as a factor of 100). The potential for energy reduction by using the variable-conductance insulation in the building envelope is discussed, and other potential building applications are mentioned.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-83CH10093
- OSTI ID:
- 10170880
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-441-4824; CONF-920828-9; ON: DE92016401
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) summer study on energy efficiency in buildings,Pacific Grove, CA (United States),30 Aug - 5 Sep 1992; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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