LAPSE:2023.31556
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LAPSE:2023.31556
Thermal Monitoring and Simulation of Earthen Buildings. A Review
April 19, 2023
Since 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.
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earthen architecture, earthen building technique, monitoring, Simulation, thermal comfort, thermal inertia
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Carrobé A, Rincón L, Martorell I. Thermal Monitoring and Simulation of Earthen Buildings. A Review. (2023). LAPSE:2023.31556
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Carrobé A: Sustainable Energy, Machinery and Buildings (SEMB) Research Group, INSPIRES Research Centre, Universitat de Lleida, 25001 Lleida, Spain
Rincón L: Sustainable Energy, Machinery and Buildings (SEMB) Research Group, INSPIRES Research Centre, Universitat de Lleida, 25001 Lleida, Spain
Martorell I: Sustainable Energy, Machinery and Buildings (SEMB) Research Group, INSPIRES Research Centre, Universitat de Lleida, 25001 Lleida, Spain [ORCID]
Rincón L: Sustainable Energy, Machinery and Buildings (SEMB) Research Group, INSPIRES Research Centre, Universitat de Lleida, 25001 Lleida, Spain
Martorell I: Sustainable Energy, Machinery and Buildings (SEMB) Research Group, INSPIRES Research Centre, Universitat de Lleida, 25001 Lleida, Spain [ORCID]
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Energies
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14
Issue
8
First Page
2080
Year
2021
Publication Date
2021-04-08
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1996-1073
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PII: en14082080, Publication Type: Review
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