1438results about "Passive houses" patented technology

This invention relates to a substrate and the application. In particular, this invention discloses a substrate which has at least one contact structure at least on one side and at least one contact structure at least on one surface of the substrate. The substrate includes a thermal insulation material comprising at least two materials selecting from a thermal energy reflecting material, a homogeneous foam material, a heterogeneous foam material, a skin material, a skeleton structured material, an electromagnetic wave shielding material. The substrate may be used to construct various articles with different features of energy saving, decoration and protection as well as simple installation for various applications.

In accordance with one aspect, a thermally regulating construction material comprises a base material and a polymeric phase change material bound to the base material, wherein the base material provides reversible temperature regulation properties to the building construction material. In accordance with another aspect, an insulation material for use in building construction comprises a base material and a polymeric phase change material bound to the base material, wherein the base material provides reversible temperature regulation properties to the insulation material. The base material may be selected from the group consisting of foam insulation, loose fill insulation, and batted insulation.

The invention comprises a product. The product comprises a foam insulating panel, the panel having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the foam insulating panel defines at least one recessed channel in the first primary surface, the at least one recessed channel being sized and shaped to provide a mold for a structural reinforcing member. The product also comprises a concrete panel formed on the first primary surface and filling the at least one recessed channel so as to provide a structural reinforcing member for the concrete panel. The product further comprises an elongate anchor member in the foam insulating panel and extending from the first primary surface of the foam insulating panel into the concrete panel. A method of making a composite reinforced insulated concrete structure is also disclosed.

The invention discloses an air conditioner for automatically adjusting the air quality and an adjusting method thereof. The air conditioner comprises an indoor air quality sensor, an outdoor air quality sensor, an indoor humidity sensor, an outdoor humidity sensor, an indoor dust sensor, an outdoor dust sensor, an indoor temperature sensor, an outdoor temperature sensor and a ventilating device, wherein the ventilating device is at least provided with a PG motor. In addition, the air conditioner also comprises an air quality control module, a humidity control module, a temperature control module and a ventilating control module, wherein the air quality control module is used for comparing indoor air quality data with outdoor air quality data and for generating and outputting a ventilating signal or a non-ventilating signal; the humidity control module is used for comparing indoor humidity data with outdoor humidity data and for generating and outputting a ventilating signal or a non-ventilating signal; the temperature control module is used for comparing indoor temperature data with outdoor temperature data and for generating and outputting a ventilating signal or a non-ventilating signal; and the ventilating control module is used for starting the PG motor to ventilate under the conditions of simultaneously meeting all the ventilating signals and for turning the PG motor off under the condition of meeting part of the ventilating signals. The invention automatically dehumidifies, humidifies and controls the ventilating amount and has a scientific air quality improving method.

The present premanufactured structures for constructing buildings comprises a construction system for an energy efficient multi-story building with a plurality of standard single or mixed units. The multi-story building is constructed using premanufactured structures comprising: a plurality of non-weight bearing walls, the plurality of non-weight bearing walls with finished exterior including all electrical, insulating, plumbing and communications components that are premanufactured at a site distant from a building site, and the plurality of non-weight bearings walls are attached to a plurality of floor and ceiling slabs and interfacing with each other to enclose the plurality of units of the building; a plurality of interior components that are premanufactured at the site distant from the building site to connect to inside portions of the non-weight bearing walls; and a plurality of exterior components that are premanufactured at the site distant from the building site to attach to exterior surfaces of the building. The plurality of non-weight bearing walls, the plurality of interior components, and the plurality of exterior components are installed and connected together to provide the energy efficient multi-story building with the plurality of units with different floor plans, and optionally, a retail level with underground parking.

A modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls provides thermally isolated vertical girders secured to a structural wall. The thermally isolated vertical girders positionally maintain insulation adjacent the structure and provide a means for mounting exterior wall cladding to the structure. Planar wall panels carrying exterior wall cladding elements mount directly or indirectly to the vertical girders. Corner elements, carrying exterior corner cladding elements interconnect with the underlying system and visually appear to interconnect with adjacent edge portions of the planar wall panels.

The invention relates to an energy-saving system for a reinforced concrete outer-casting built-in heat insulation wall body structure and a construction method thereof, which can effectively solve the problems of external wall heat insulation of a high-rise building with high heat insulation requirement and cracking and falling of a heat insulation layer. The system is produced by a wall body and reinforcing steel bars in the wall body which are cast by concrete. The method comprises the following steps that: a reinforcing steel bar frame of the wall body is produced and arranged, namely parallel vertical reinforcing steel bars and indoor floor-connecting board tie bars perpendicular to the parallel vertical reinforcing steel bars are bound together, a grid board is hoisted and externally suspended outside the vertical reinforcing steel bars of the wall body, and is bound with the vertical reinforcing steel bars of the wall body by hooked bars and binding steel bars as well as framework positioning bearing bars, then a framework is arranged on the framework positioning bearing bars and is firmly bound with reinforcing steel bars of beams and boards of a floor, lapping bars are reserved, a heat insulation grid board is firstly arranged, then reinforcing steel bars of corbel brackets of a balcony and an air conditioning board external wall are bound, finally the concrete is cast, the curing is performed, and the framework is removed to repair the structure. The system has good heat insulation effect, energy conservation, environmental protection, simple method, and huge economic benefit and social benefit.

A thermal insulation product is provided comprising a loose fill insulation for insulating an interior of a hollow or open space in a structure and at least one phase change material dispersed in the loose fill insulation.

The invention discloses an intelligent fresh air control device, which relates to a fresh air conditioning device of an air conditioning system. The intelligent fresh air control device mainly comprises a temperature humidity sensor, a carbon dioxide concentration sensor, a computer controller, an electrically operated valve and the like. The intelligent fresh air control device has the characteristics of intelligent control, convenient use, accurate control, energy-saving operation, small volume and low cost. And the intelligent fresh air control device also has the characteristics of improving the indoor air quality and meeting requirements of people for the indoor comfort and health. The intelligent fresh air control device can be widely applied to the air conditioning systems of various buildings such as residences, hotels, public buildings and the like and is the fresh air device which is controlled intelligently and saves energy.

An insulating panel structure for application to the exterior of a building, the panel structure having an inner surface to be attached to the building and an outer surface to be attached to an exterior load such as cladding material. The panel structure has external stringers along the outer surface of the panel for attachment of the exterior load, connectors extending perpendicularly from the internal surface to the external stringers to transmit compressive forces from the exterior load to the building, lateral connectors that run diagonally upward from the external stringers to the inner surface to transmit tensile forces from the weight of the exterior load from the external stringers of the panel to the building, and insulating foam embedded in the space defined between the inner and outer surfaces. A method of panel manufacture includes construction at a manufacturing site with incorporation of elements into panels such as doors, windows, gutters and downspouts, transporting the assembled panel to a job site, and attaching it to a building. An apparatus and method for transporting insulating panels includes providing panels with tubular connectors extending into the panels from their outer surfaces, and providing expansible fingers insertable into the tubular connectors and mounted on a movable frame, inserting the fingers into the connector tubes, expanding them to grip the tubes and panels, moving the frame with expanded fingers and panel to a job site, attaching the panel to a building while being held with the expanded fingers, and contracting the fingers to retract the fingers and frame from the attached panel.

The invention relates to a constructional material, in particular to a heat preservation and decoration board for a building exterior wall. The invention has a structure that the board mainly comprises three layers; an inner layer serves as an insulating course, an outer layer serves as a decorative layer and a middle layer serves as a binding course; wherein, the insulating course has a polyphenyl board or a plastic extrusion plate or a polyurethane board; the decorative board has various exterior wall facing dopes or a decorative plate; the binding course is the polymer caking agent layer, the insulating course and the decorative layer are stuck into a whole by the cementing action of the polymer caking agent. The invention has convenient construction, easy manipulation, low cost, good heat prevention effect and strong suitability, thereby contributing to the quick popularization of energy consumption of a building.

An integrated fiber cement and foam cladding system is provided that incorporates foam or similar light weight material to improve the insulation capacity of the cladding system. The system includes at least a fiber cement layer and a foam layer disposed on the backside of the fiber cement layer. The system improves the R-value of the building, a measure of the building's resistance to transferring heat or thermal energy.

Systems and methods providing a modular building having pre-fabricated panel wall components are easily assembled to form a predetermined structure including energy efficient corner modular components that provide for seamless, energy-efficient corners with structural strength.

According to one aspect of the invention, a block for building construction is provided. The block includes: a molded body formed of an inorganic material, wherein the molded body defines (a) a rectangular-box shape; (b) non-linear thermal paths of the body material across the block by offsetting and restricting the cross webbing of the block; and (c) at least two cavities in the block. According to another aspect, a block for building construction is provided, wherein the block includes: a molded body formed of an inorganic material, wherein the molded body defines (a) a rectangular-box shape; (b) at least two cavities in the block; and wherein the block has nominal dimensions of 6″×6″×24″.

This invention relates to a composite wall with thermal insulating and heat-proof function, in addition to its masonry method. The character of the wall comprises: 1, it is combined by course of headers and stretcher course whose size and shape are totally different; 2, adding thermal insulating material between header course and stretcher course; 3, the header course and stretcher course are crisscross and vertical stack, which can avoid the straight-line joint from cross section or bisect; 4, the thermal conductivity factor of the composite wall is 0.48/m2k, which can save energy 55% compared with the non-composite wall with the same thickness. (In accompanying diagram: A is stretcher course, B is header course, the margin part or shade part is thermal insulating material, unit is mm, ash steam is 10mm).

The present invention relates to indoor air quality control equipment by utilizing ventilation system and its method. Its control equipment includes ventilation system and air purifier. Said ventilation system can be used for sucking outdoor air and discharging indoor air to implement indoor ventilation, and the air purifier can utilize filter system to raise indoor air quality. Its control method utilizes the devices of carbon dioxide sensor, dust sensor and gas sensor, etc. and adopts the measures of detecting carbon dioxide concentration and detecting indoor air pollution extent, etc. Besides, it also provides the concrete steps of said control method.

The invention relates to an air-conditioning device with simulated comfortable natural wind, which comprises a variable speed controller, as well as a variable speed fan, a canvas soft joint, a static pressure box, an activated carbon filter, a surface cooler and an air outlet through which airflow flows from bottom to top one by one, wherein the variable speed controller comprises a frequency converter, a programmable logic controller and a programmable logic controller analog output template. The device has the advantages of meeting the demand of people for thermal comfort, using an effective filter to achieve good air quality characteristics and using frequency conversion technology to produce dynamic wind with turbulence, probability distribution, frequency spectrum parameters and other turbulence characteristics similar to comfortable natural wind so as to achieve good blowing comfort.

Pre-fabricated wall panels with embedded electronic devices. Also, a modular building made from pre-fabricated panels with embedded electronic devices, individual panel identifiers, and a central computer system.