Thermal Insulation Alternatives of Historic Brick Buildings in Baltic Sea Region

Energy and Buildings 2014
Jurgis Zagorskas, Edmundas Zavadskas, Zenonas Turskis, Marija Burinskienė, Andra Blumberga, Dagnija Blumberga

The growth in building refurbishment works is creating a demand for suitable materials, retrofitting techniques and research. The differences between refurbishment of new-build projects and historical or valuable buildings are insufficiently recognized - mostly the buildings without further cultural preservation requirements are studied. This article covers the theme of retrofitting the historical buildings, when due to the valuable façade or other heritage preservation requirements only the inside insulation is allowed. The problems of moisture in brick wall construction, loosing space, etc. are discussed and method for selecting best insulation option is shown. The 5 modern insulation materials are selected, measurements are made and best alternative is found using TOPSIS method with grey numbers.

Keywords
Energy performance; Façade insulation; Historic buildings; MCDM; Retrofit; TOPSIS with grey numbers
DOI
10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.04.010
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378778814003107

Zagorskas, J., Zavadskas, E., Turskis, Z., Burinskiene, M., Blumberga, A., Blumberga, D. Thermal Insulation Alternatives of Historic Brick Buildings in Baltic Sea Region. Energy and Buildings, 2014, Vol.78, August, pp.35-42. ISSN 0378-7788. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.04.010

Publication language
English (en)