In the light of special attention of world governments to a viable and sustainable
decarbonization way of the existing building stock, this article considered the feasibility of …

Saving energy while maintaining a high-quality internal environment is an increasingly
important scientific and technological challenge in the building sector. This paper presents …

This article presents the results of experimental research on energy consumption of a
prefabricated lightweight passive house located in the south of Poland. The key design …

Analyses of hygrothermal conditions in low-energy houses is important because of their
likely sensitivity for excessive moisture. The presented work deals with real-time …

The Wood Innovation Research Lab was designed as a low energy-use building to facilitate
the construction and testing of engineered wood products by the faculty and staff of the …

Airflow in wall-to-wall junctions is known to have a major hygrothermal impact on building
performance. However, current and validated modeling options to simulate such …

The study comprises three laboratory tests in which typical Finnish highly insulated (HI)
walls were exposed to concentrated leakages of indoor air under steady outdoor …

The aim of the study was to verify the impact of the location of a cyclically heated building on
its energy needs and interaction with the environment. The model building was a large-scale …

Laminated bamboo lumber (BLL) and bamboo scrimber (BS) are potential environmentally
friendly building materials, considering that they are hygroscopic materials and that their …

In view of the lack of research on the failure mode and seismic behavior of high-performance
insulation walls utilizing lightweight concrete as the structural material, this study presents …