Innovative Timber Construction: New Ways to Achieve Energy Efficiency - Couverture souple

Lancashire, Robin; Taylor, Lewis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1900510871 ISBN 13 : 9781900510875

Editeur : TRADA Technology Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

As thermal performance requirements have become harder and more expensive to achieve, all sectors of the construction industry need to consider building a thicker external envelope to provide space for insulation. This need is only going to increase as the industry moves toward the 'zero-carbon' target in 2016.

For timber frame construction, merely increasing the depth of solid timber studs and fitting more insulation between them is becoming insufficient to meet the increasing requirements for thermal and energy performance. Although enthusiasts have designed a variety of low-energy timber frame buildings over recent decades, the techniques used have remained on the periphery of the construction industry, with mainstream timber frame evolving slowly to keep pace with national building regulation changes.

This book has been written to expand on information provided on some alternative forms of timber construction mentioned in Timber Frame Construction 5th Edition. Four of the most common types of alternative timber walls and roofs are explored here, with over 30 drawings. These are structural insulated panels (SIPs), cross-laminated timber (crosslam), engineered stud and twin stud.

Contents list

1 Introduction
1.1 Design requirements
1.2 Differential movement
1.3 Material specifications
1.4 Thermal performance
1.5 Air permeability
1.6 Walls
1.7 Roofs
2 SIPs
2.1 Applications
2.2 Sustainability
2.3 Structure
2.4 Manufacture
2.5 Erection
2.6 Thermal performance
2.7 Airtightness
2.8 Condensation risk
2.9 Services
3 Engineered stud
3.1 Applications
3.2 Sustainability
3.3 Structure
3.4 Manufacture
3.5 Erection
3.6 Thermal performance
3.7 Airtightness
3.8 Condensation risk
3.9 Services
4 Cross-laminated timber
4.1 Applications
4.2 Sustainability
4.3 Structural
4.4 Manufacturing
4.5 Erection
4.6 Thermal performance
4.7 Condensation risk
4.8 Airtightness
4.9 Services
5 Twin stud walls
5.1 Applications
5.2 Sustainability
5.3 Structural
5.4 Manufacturing
5.5 Erection
5.6 Thermal performance
5.7 Airtightness and condensation
5.8 Services

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin Lancashire is BM TRADA's Senior Timber Frame Consultant. He has extensive on-site experience of timber frame buildings, in various forms at all stages of construction. His work involves him providing advice on best practice construction to all areas of the timber frame industry from architects and their clients, to main contractors and building owners.

Lewis Taylor is a Timber Frame Consultant at BM TRADA. In addition to his extensive experience of Timber Frame buildings, Lewis also provides consultancy on thermal performance, thermal bridging and low energy building design.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: TRADA Technology Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1900510871
• ISBN 13: 9781900510875
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible