Thermal Monitoring and Simulation of Earthen Buildings. A Review

dc.contributor.authorCarrobé, Ariadna
dc.contributor.authorRincón, Lídia
dc.contributor.authorMartorell, Ingrid
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-27T08:08:23Z
dc.date.available2021-05-27T08:08:23Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractSince ancient times, raw earth has been used worldwide as a construction material. Today, it is well known for its good environmental properties of recyclability and low embodied energy along the production process. Earthen walls regulate the interior temperature of the buildings, providing comfortable temperatures with a very low carbon footprint. As a result of those advantages, earthen building techniques have been revived and used for contemporary architecture. The aim of this paper is to review the state of the art about the thermal behaviour of earthen building, including all the monitoring and simulation analysis of real earthen constructions up to now. The paper presents the different earthen techniques known nowadays, analysing the most important thermal parameters and the thermal comfort achieved with each technique. Regardless the wide differences among the analyzed cases, the authors conclude that earth building is a suitable solution in hot and arid climates, since it preserves the indoor temperature within the thermal comfort limits most part of the time without any active system.ca_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThe work was partially funded by the Catalan Government under grant agreement (2017 SGR 659).ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/en14082080
dc.identifier.idgrec031226
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/71317
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherMDPIca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082080ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofEnergies, 2021, vol. 14, núm. 8, 2080ca_ES
dc.rightscc-by (c) Carrrobé, Rincón, Martorell, 2021ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectEarthen architectureca_ES
dc.subjectEarthen building techniqueca_ES
dc.subjectMonitoringca_ES
dc.subjectSimulationca_ES
dc.subjectThermal comfortca_ES
dc.subjectThermal inertiaca_ES
dc.titleThermal Monitoring and Simulation of Earthen Buildings. A Reviewca_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca_ES
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionca_ES
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