Lecture:
Energy solutions for Bosnia and Herzegovina
17:00h
Day seven, Thursday 15 September
Hrvatski dom Herceg Stjepan Kosaca, Mostar

 

Assistant Professor Azra Korjenic is a university teacher and researcher, at the Institute of Building Construction and Technology, Centre for Building Physics and Building Acoustics at the Vienna University of Technology. Since 2000 she has been involved in a number of national and international research activities in a wide spectrum of work in the building sciences: building physics, energy efficient buildings and communities, development of new materials for thermal insulation as well as moistures buffering as well as computational building performance modeling (heat and mass transfer, room and building acoustics). She has published over 100 papers at international conferences, in numerous international scientific journals, contributions to books, talks and poster presentations, contributions’ to proceedings and regional magazines and academic theses. Prof. A. Korjenic is mentor and member of the commission for doctoral thesis in different countries as well as the member of any scientific organizations.

The demand for ecologically friendly materials based on renewable natural row sources is currently growing. Utilization of these materials is expected mainly in the area of low-energy and passive buildings where the thermal and moisture microclimate optimal for human system should be ensured, using minimum energy for heating and cooling. The article is focused on the utilization of sheep wool thermal insulation, on their features and their utilization in modern building structures. The lecture will contains of a general comparison of these thermal insulating material and the main types of conventional building materials used in the EU. Conclusions concerning the heat and moisture behavior and, as a consequence, the applicability of the considered materials are made by interpreting the calculation results of the used building physics programs.