Analysis of the thermal engineering properties of low-carbon wooden buildings placed above, partly below and completely below ground level

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2025.106566" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2025.106566</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2025.106566" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.csite.2025.106566</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Analysis of the thermal engineering properties of low-carbon wooden buildings placed above, partly below and completely below ground level

Original language description

Low-emission buildings designed to minimize greenhouse gas emissions can incorporate a variety of material and design solutions. One such solution is our proposed building, which features a unique structural system made entirely of wood. This building is capable of bearing heavy loads without the use of steel, concrete, or other carbon-intensive materials. The building has the form of a horizontal cylinder with a glazed front wall, a design choice made to optimize shape and minimize the building&apos;s energy consumption. The analysis focuses on optimizing the thermal and energy performance of this low-carbon timber building, considering three types of placement relative to ground level: fully above ground, partially embedded, and fully embedded below ground level. The study demonstrated that, in the case of a building located below ground level, heat losses are nearly halved compared to those of an above-ground structure. In terms of annual CO2 emissions, the below-ground building showed an approximate 15 % reduction-depending on the thickness of the applied thermal insulation-relative to its above-ground counterpart. Additionally, experimental measurements confirmed the strong cohesion of the composite system consisting of a spruce timber structure and a polyurethane waterproofing layer (polyurea).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering

ISSN

2214-157X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

73

Issue of the periodical within the volume

September 2025

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

nestránkováno

UT code for WoS article

001525760100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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