Wood Log House - Comprehensive Thermal Prediction And Energy Consumption Quantification

This paper focuses on log house properties that are affecting its heating energy consumption, with connection to state-of-the art knowledge and current experiments and research. Evaluation is based on results of comparison from experiments and from calculations and simulation. The on-site multipurpose monitoring was performed on a built log house. There was also precise computer simulation performed, in the environment of Esp-r application (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow), using real conditions and real building. The objective of this study was to examine feasibility of a log house design, showing excellent properties in terms of heating energy consumption located in Slovakia.