Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Gustavsen, Arild"
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A New Nano Insulation Material for Applications in Zero Emission Buildings
Schlanbusch, Reidun Dahl (Master thesis, 2013)New materials with extremely low thermal conductivities are interesting because they can have architectonic, technical and possibly economic benefits in buildings. A new nano insulation material (NIM) is under development ... -
A Norwegian zero emission neighbourhood (ZEN) definition and a ZEN key performance indicator (KPI) tool
Wiik, Marianne Rose Kjendseth; Fufa, Selamawit Mamo; Andresen, Inger; Brattebø, Helge; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Within the Norwegian Research Centre for Zero Emission Neighbourhoods (ZEN) in smart cities, a definition for achieving zero emission neighbourhoods will be developed and tested against nine pilot areas. The ZEN definition ... -
A Zero Emission Neighbourhoods Data Management Architecture for Smart City Scenarios: Discussions toward 6Vs challenges
Sinaeepourfard, Amir; Krogstie, John; Abbas Petersen, Sobah; Gustavsen, Arild (Chapter, 2018)A huge volume of data are being generated from multiple sources, including smart cities, the IoT devices, scientific modeling, or different big data simulations; but also from users’ daily activities. These daily new data ... -
Accelerated aging of treated aluminum for use as a cool colored material for facades
Ihara, Takeshi; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gao, Tao; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Cool colored materials like membrane sheets and dried coatings exhibit higher reflectances in the near infrared region compared to conventional materials of the same color and are therefore desirable, as they provide energy ... -
Accelerated climate aging of building materials and their characterization by Fourier transform infrared radiation analysis
Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Nilsen, Tom-Nils; Hovde, Per Jostein; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Building materials and their durability and aging are essential to the performance of buildings and their building physical aspects over time. Accelerated climate aging investigations are carried out in order to study the ... -
Aerogel Granulate Glazing Facades and their Application Potential from an Energy Saving Perspective
Ihara, Takeshi; Gao, Tao; Grynning, Steinar; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Aerogel granulate glazing systems for energy efficient buildings have various promising properties, including their thermal insulation properties and translucent features. In this study, the energy performance of aerogel ... -
Aerogel Granule Aging Driven by Moisture and Solar Radiation
Ihara, Takeshi; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gao, Tao; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The application of aerogel in the building and construction sector is very promising; therefore, its durability should be properly addressed. This study focuses on the aging effect of aerogel granules, emphasizing two aging ... -
Aerogel insulation for building applications: A state-of-the-art review
Baetens, Ruben; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Aerogels are regarded as one of the most promising high performance thermal insulation materials for building applications today. With a thermal conductivity down to 13 mW/(mK) for commercial products they show remarkable ... -
Aerogel-Incorporated Concrete: An Experimental Study
Gao, Tao; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gustavsen, Arild; Jacobsen, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Lightweight concrete can be prepared by replacing the normal aggregate of concrete, either partly or totally, with lightweight materials. In this work, by incorporating silica aerogel particles into concrete matrix, we ... -
Aging effects on thermal properties and service life of vacuum insulation panels
Wegger, Erlend; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Sveipe, Erland; Grynning, Steinar; Gustavsen, Arild; Baetens, Ruben; Thue, Jan Vincent (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) represent a high-performance thermal insulation material solution offering an alternative to thick wall sections and large amounts of traditional insulation in modern buildings. Thermal ... -
Annual report 2018
Woods, Ruth; Remøe, Katinka Sætersdal; Hestnes, Anne Grete; Gustavsen, Arild (Research report, 2019) -
Antireflection Properties of Monodisperse Hollow Silica Nanospheres
Gao, Tao; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Monodisperse hollow silica nanospheres have been prepared by using a polystyrene nanosphere template-assistant approach and their potential as antireflection (AR) coatings for window applications has been discussed. The ... -
Assessing the annual power reliability of a residential building in relation to its ventilation system type: The case study of the off-grid container house in Shanghai.
Satola, Daniel; Kristiansen, Audun Bull; Dziedzic, Jakub Wladyslaw; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In developing countries, electrification of rural and remote areas is an essential need for improving socio-economic conditions. However, increased access to adequate electricity and upgraded facilities may double or even ... -
Building Integration of Aerogel Glazings
Gao, Tao; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The recent building practices have shown that aerogel glazings can be used as a multifunctional building envelope component for different purposes. Nevertheless, the distinctive physical properties and energy performance ... -
Cooling of PV panels by natural convection
Misiopecki, Cezary; Gustavsen, Arild; Time, Berit (ZEB Project report;6-2012, Research report, 2012) -
Core-shell-typed Ag@SiO2 Nanoparticles as Solar Selective Coating Materials
Gao, Tao; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Silver (Ag) nanoparticles with typical diameter of about 50 nm have been prepared via a polyol process. The as-prepared Ag nanoparticles are well crystallized and exhibit a characteristic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) ... -
Developing low-conductance window frames: Capabilities and limitations of current window heat transfer design tools - State-of-the-art review
Gustavsen, Arild; Arasteh, Dariush; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Curcija, Dragan; Kohler, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)While window frames typically represent 20—30% of the overall window area, their impact on the total window heat transfer rates may be much larger. This effect is even greater in low-conductance (highly insulating) windows ... -
Effect of facade components on energy efficiency in office buildings
Ihara, Takeshi; Gustavsen, Arild; Jelle, Bjørn Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Properties of facade materials should be considered to determine which of them strongly affect building energy performance, regardless of the building shapes, scales, ideal locations, and building types, and thus may be ... -
Effective energy solutions using facade materials with highly reflective coatings and aerogel granulate glazing systems
Ihara, Takeshi (Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:146, Doctoral thesis, 2016)We are facing an urgent problem of reducing carbon dioxide emissions in order to mitigate climate change. The building sector is a main source of carbon dioxide emissions. This thesis is trying to contribute to the ... -
Energy Flexibility in Power Systems - Challenges and Possibilities
Vernel, Antoine Roger Marcel (Master thesis, 2016)In 2010, owing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and furthermore to improve the energy efficiency, the European Council aimed at reducing 20% of Union s energy consumption by 2020. In that way, a large deployment of ...