Project Description
Glazing cost was reduced by increasing averaged U value from 2.6 to 2.9. This was achieved by adding 30% more insulation to the walls and 14% more insulation to the ceilings.
Proposed residential dwelling (class 1a) is located in the city of Windsor. It consists of 3 levels with net conditioned area of 252m2.
Through VURB method we managed to reduce overall glazing U-value by more than 10%.
Here are some more details on the degree of insulation and glazing thermal performance for the Windsor project:
| Item | NCC 2019 Reference Building | Proposed Building |
| Floor | No insulation added to concrete slab on ground floor and basement. No insulation added to swimming pool floor. R1.0 added to slab edges. No insulation added to intermediate concrete floors. | R1.0 added to concrete slab on ground floor and basement. R1.0 added to swimming pool floor. R1.0 added to slab edges. R1.0 added to intermediate concrete floors. |
| Internal walls | No insulation added to the internal walls. | No insulation added to the internal walls. |
| Common walls | R2.24 added to the masonry veneer with 110 mm thick masonry | R2.0 added to swimming pool and garage Durisol/Nexcem ICF Block common walls |
| External walls | R2.24 added to the masonry veneer with 110 mm thick masonry, Solar absorbance: 0.6 | R2.0 added to all brick veneer, Durisol/Nexcem ICF Block external walls, Solar absorbance: 0.35 R2.0 added to all timber cladding/battens, Durisol/Nexcem ICF Block external walls, Solar absorbance: 0.68 R2.0 added to all metal cladding, Durisol/Nexcem ICF Block external walls, Solar absorbance: 0.73 R1.0 added insulation to swimming pool concrete walls, No insulation added to basement concrete walls, |
| Roof/Ceiling | R4.92 added to the Pitched roof (23 degrees) with 2.4m high plasterboard ceiling, Solar absorbance: 0.6 | R4.74 added to the ceilings of all external roofs, Solar absorbance: 0.73 |
| External shading | All external eaves and have been incorporated into the analysis based on available drawings. | No new shadings proposed |
| Glazing | Ground floor glazing: U-Value: 3.10, SHGC: 0.45 First floor glazing: U-Value: 2.40, SHGC: 0.46 | Ground floor glazing: U-Value: 3.01, SHGC: 0.49 First-floor glazing: U-Value: 3.16, SHGC: 0.54 Triple glazed windows (GL1&2): U-Value: 1.16, SHGC: 0.3 |
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