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Nearly Zero Energy Building Refurbishment

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Vegetable fibres are finding increasing applications in building industry due to their economic, energy and environmental sustainability. In view of utilization of insulation materials made from vegetable fibres for near zero energy buildings, this chapter presents a summary of physical, mechanical and chemical characteristics of vegetable fibres incorporating building insulating properties with recommendations and suggestions. Subsequently, relevant issues of the raw materials and the manufacturing processes that lead to certain common characteristics are highlighted. The greatest challenge in working with vegetable fibres is their large variations in thermal properties and characteristics dependent on their complex architectures of geometrical structures. Mathematical models are of great importance in understanding and predicting the thermal performances of the fibres and their global responses in the building system. Coupled heat and mass transfer through a fibrous insulation in buildings is therefore studied. The most important vegetable fibrous composites, properties of the composites and their applications in buildings are briefly reviewed also. The chapter provides a guide to the fundamentals and latest developments in building insulation technology for vegetable fibrous materials.

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    Xiaoshu Lü, Tao Lu, Olli Lipponen & Martti Viljanen

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Lü, X., Lu, T., Lipponen, O., Viljanen, M. (2013). Insulation Materials Made with Vegetable Fibres. In: Pacheco Torgal, F., Mistretta, M., Kaklauskas, A., Granqvist, C., Cabeza, L. (eds) Nearly Zero Energy Building Refurbishment. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5523-2_16

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