No-fines concrete homes: atypical thermal performances

Nigel Craig; James Sommerville; Antoinette Charles

doi:10.1108/02630801311304413

No-fines concrete homes: atypical thermal performances

Nigel Craig, James Sommerville, Antoinette Charles

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Abstract

This paper is a continuation of “No-fines concrete in the UK social housing stock: 50 years on” published in Issue 4 of Volume 29 of this journal. It identifies the thermal performance of existing, un-refurbished no-fines concrete (NFC) walls; as about 33,000 NFC homes exist in Scotland. A majority of these properties are owned by social housing providers (SHPs) and are being upgraded to current building standards. Literature identifies the thermal performance (U-value) of NFC walls ranging from 1.1 W/m2K to 2.0 W/m2K depending on the build-up of the structure. The homes are classified as “hard to treat” and, as a result, the occupants experience “fuel poverty”.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-55
Number of pages	13
Journal	Structural Survey
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/02630801311304413
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

concretes
thermal properties
construction materials
heat loss
in situ u-values
no-fines concrete
refurbishment
thermal performance
thermal bridging

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