Experimental Analysis of Temperature Reduction Capacity for Wood Ventilated Façades

Abstract:

Ventilated façades are increasingly used for retrofitting of exterior walls but also as a passive strategy in the reduction of heat transfer through the envelope of new buildings. If correctly designed and constructed, ventilated façades can lead to energy savings and increased durability of exterior walls. Nevertheless, the main advantage of these constructive systems is the capacity to reduce heat load on the building during the warm season due to the air that flows inside the cavity. The total heat transported by convection is influenced by the temperature distribution inside the channel and depends on many factors, the most important being the channel thickness and the type of the exterior layer. This work presents an experimental study of the temperature reduction capacity for different channel thicknesses and exterior layer tightness on a real scale wooden ventilated façade wall.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 21)
• Pages: 468-473
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.21.468
• Online since: March 2017
• Authors: Claudiu Romila*, Ruxandra Cozmanciuc
• Keywords: Energy Efficiency, Experimental Analysis, Heat Transfer, Temperature Distribution, Ventilated Facades

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