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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 322, 2020
MATBUD’2020 – Scientific-Technical Conference: E-mobility, Sustainable Materials and Technologies
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| Article Number | 01002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | E-mobility, Sustainable Materials and Technologies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202032201002 | |
| Published online | 14 October 2020 | |
The potential of timber-based buildings in terms of energy efficiency
Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Construction Technology, Economy and Management, Vysokoškolská 4, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
* Corresponding author: jozef.svajlenka@tuke.sk
The topic of energy efficiency is currently under discussion. One of the areas of energy efficiency is the energy efficiency of buildings. The thermo-technical requirements for building envelope structures are gaining increasing importance due to new legislation and technical regulations regarding the reduction of heating and energy demands of buildings over time and because of continuously increasing energy prices. Building construction and the operational costs of buildings are among the largest consumers of material and energy resources and environmental pollutants. Ecological constructions are a response to the current state of the environment. A suitable solution that represents ecological construction, operation and comfortable living is the construction of low-energy and passive houses based on wood. Wood-based buildings have many benefits that are particularly timely in the context of sustainability today. The aim of this paper is to introduce selected aspects of wood-based buildings in the context of energy efficiency and thus to reduce the adverse effects of construction on the surrounding environment.
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