The Construction Technology Centre has advanced equipment in the field of energy with which to develop R&D&I projects, as well as to offer companies services of the highest quality and professionalism.
The Blower Door test measures the airtightness, i.e. the airtightness of the envelope of a building or part of a building: of a single-family house, an office building, a house in a residential block, etc. It is carried out following the procedure established in the UNE-EN ISO 9972:2019 standard and is applied in combination with thermography.
An energy audit is the inspection, study and analysis of the energy flows in a building, process or system with the objective of understanding the dynamic energy of the system under study. It is carried out to look for opportunities to reduce the amount of energy consumed in the system. When the object of study is an occupied building, the aim is to reduce energy consumption while maintaining and improving hygrothermal comfort, health and safety.
Thermal resistance and heat capacity of materials, elements and systems. There is enormous potential in the areas of insulating materials which must be manufactured to a consistently high quality level and marketed under strict control of their properties, the most important of which is thermal conductivity. CTCON has equipment for the determination of the thermal parameters of materials by the heat flow meter method.
Thermal bridges are areas where there is a variation in the uniformity of the construction (change in the thickness of the cladding, change in the materials used, penetration of construction elements with different conductivity, poor joints between elements, etc.). Heat loss through thermal bridges has a significant impact on the energy demand results. A thermographic camera is used to detect and locate thermal bridges and possible irregularities in the insulation.
The term Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to the quality of the air in and around buildings and structures, especially as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants. At CTCON we monitor ambient air conditions in the built environment (cold rooms, rooms, dwellings, etc.) to diagnose problems (e.g. unwanted stratification) and propose solutions.
