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CONSTRUCTION QUALITY A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT FOR US AND THE ENVIRONMENT The building sector has seen a con- reduce consumption and, therefore, siderable technological development over the last decade, resulting from duces the operating costs for a build- ing and, above all, protects the envi- ronment. Studies by experts indicate introduction of systems for monitor- that the use of energy in buildings ing the final performance. In addition, causes more than 40% of all the CO2 a growing awareness of the ecologi- emissions; for this reason, adopting cal and energy aspects has lead to an construction...

and between the regions within the In order to achieve significant results it is necessary to intervene in the build- 2012 should have signalled the end of ing sector, in the day-to-day habits of the period of validity of the Kyoto Pro- tocol, but with the Doha Agreement it cesses and in the energy production, rooting out poor education regarding protection of the environment. With reduction of the energy consumption regard to the building sector, the pro- cess is further complicated by the fact energy supply sources have complex that one cannot significantly intervene origins arising from the...

been implemented voluntarily and which had already been seen to be efficient and consistent. The technical physics and durability of wood There are commonly used voluntary Even many years after a tree has been protocols, such as the LEED in the US, cut down the wood maintains its hy- BREEAM in the UK or CASBEE in Japan, groscopic nature and continues to ex- which establish high quality construc- change humidity with the surrounding tion standards and they have become atmosphere, varying its dimensions an assessment criteria used to repre- sent the environmental performance characteristics according...

necessary to study in detail during the design phase the use of the most suitable materials, accessories and installation methods. Casing: design the thermal performance protecting the structure When a passive or low energy con- Humidity due to capillary action sumption building is designed it is necessary to start from the assump- The main mode in which water, and tion that all aspects of the construc- therefore humidity, can enter a wood- tion are interrelated: building casing en structure from the concrete base (movement of heat, air and humidity), is by capillary action. Capillary action...

Heat transmittance surface resistances. Specifically, the thermal resistance of a material is cal- When there is a difference in tempera- culated by dividing the thickness d by ture the heat tends to move from the the thermal conductivity λ expressed warmer system to the cooler system, in [W/mK] which is a value propor- until thermal equilibrium is reached. tional to the insulating power of the Conduction, convection and radia- material and characterises every con- tion are three physical phenomena by struction material. Consequently, the which heat can be transferred. thermal conductivity, thermal...

structures have been designed in such flows throughout the entire build- ing. The air is clearly a carrier of heat, humidity and vibrations and, conse- riod of time taken by the thermal wave quently, limiting its passage through to cross the structure whilst the damp- the structures means automatically The table below shows certain examples of how limiting the dispersion of heat, but, the content of water in the air varies with changes lationship between the maximum var- above all, preventing major acous- iation of the outside temperature ΔTe tic bridges and probable interstitial and the inside...