Browsing by Author "Tejedor Herrán, Blanca"
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Analysis of the Applicability of Non-Destructive Techniques to Determine In Situ Thermal Transmittance in Passive House Façades
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-12-01)
Article
Open AccessWithin the European framework, the passive house has become an essential constructive solution in terms of building efficiency and CO2 reduction. However, the main approaches have been focused on post-occupancy surveys, ... -
Assessing the influence of operating conditions and thermophysical properties on the accuracy of in-situ measured U-values using quantitative internal infrared thermography
(2018-07-15)
Article
Open AccessWithin the European context, most of the current residential building stock does not fulfil minimum thermal requirements and needs to be refurbished urgently. Quantitative internal infrared thermography can provide valuable ... -
Automated data-processing technique: 2D Map for identifying the distribution of the U-value in building elements by quantitative internal thermography
(2021-02)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyComputing a 2D colour map of average U-values pixel-by-pixel could become a challenging task in terms of complexity and time, especially for entire façades under the influence of anomalies. In a quantitative IRT test, a ... -
Contributions to the determination of thermal behaviour of façades using quantitative internal IRT (Infrared Thermography)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-01-24)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessWithin the European framework, most of residential buildings do not satisfy the minimum thermal specifications. In fact, the renovation rate across the EU is estimated at 1% per year. To fulfil with the goals stated by ... -
Energy benchmarking of existing office stock in Spain: trends and drivers
(2019-11-12)
Article
Open AccessBuildings play a central role in the clean energy transition, which is why it is vital to understand how energy is consumed in this sector. Energy performance certificate databases are considered a key source of information ... -
Evaluating the freeze–thaw phenomenon in sandwich-structured composites via numerical simulations and infrared thermography
(Springer, 2020-07-13)
Article
Open AccessThe water ingress phenomenon in sandwich-structured composites used in the aerospace/aeronautical sector is a current issue. This type of defect can cause in the course of time several other defects at the boundary, such ... -
Evaluation of thermal comfort in elderly care centres (ECC)
(2020)
Conference report
Open AccessThe demand for elderly care centres (ECCs) is increasing as the population ages. This paper presents a field investigation on the thermal comfort of elderly in ECC and compares the outputs of existing thermal comfort ... -
Field study on thermal comfort in nursing homes in heated environments
(2021-08)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyConsidering the progressive population aging, the fact that old people spend around 90% of their time indoors and the high energy expenditure of heating systems, thermal comfort in nursing homes should be analysed. The aim ... -
Human comfort modelling for elderly people by infrared thermography: Evaluating the thermoregulation system responses in an indoor environment during winter
(2020-12)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyElderly people are vulnerable to cold environments, due to aging’s impact on the density of nerve fibers. Nevertheless, automatic controls of HVAC systems do not consider the user’s real-time thermal sensation and most of ... -
Impact of Stationary and Dynamic Conditions on the U-Value Measurements of Heavy-Multi Leaf Walls by Quantitative IRT
(2020-12)
Article
Open AccessInfrared thermography (IRT) has become a commonly applied non-destructive testing method for assessing building envelopes. Like any diagnosis tool, IRT requires an appropriate experience and principle understanding, mainly ... -
Office representatives for cost-optimal energy retrofitting analysis: a novel approach using cluster analysis of energy performance certificate databases
(2020-01-01)
Article
Open AccessA large number of buildings must be evaluated to formulate energy retrofitting policies for existing building stock. In this context, it is crucial to identify reference buildings that can effectively represent the entire ... -
Quantitative internal infrared thermography for determining in-situ thermal behaviour of façades
(2017-09-15)
Article
Open AccessThe thermal behaviour of a building is often underestimated or neglected during its construction and operation stages. In recent years, the heat flux meter (HFM) method has been commonly used to determine the U-value, a ... -
Summer thermal comfort in nursing homes in the Mediterranean climate
(2020-12-15)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe number of people living in nursing homes is increasing due to the growth of ageing population. However, existing standards on thermal comfort do not consider how occupants of nursing homes perceive their thermal ... -
Thermographic 2D U-value map for quantifying thermal bridges in building façades
(2020-10-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThermal bridges accounted for 30% of the impact on the energy performance of European residential building stock. Nevertheless, European countries and their standards do not take into account the influences of this type ... -
U-value time series analyses: Evaluating the feasibility of in-situ short-lasting IRT tests for heavy multi-leaf walls
(2019-07-15)
Article
Open AccessA gap in standardization of quantitative infrared thermography (IRT) directly leads to a lack of measurement pattern for determining in-situ U-values of heavy multi-leaf walls. Three groups of causal factors might influence ...
