Energy Consumption Simulation and Construction Cost Analysis for Wood and Steel Framing System in Florida Residential Housing: Case Study

摘要：

Comparing to wood stud framing, steel stud framing offers some advantagesfor its fundamental characteristics. However, it is not clear how steel stud framing compares with wood stud framing in terms of overall cost to the builders and energy performance to the residents. The study conducts construction cost analysis and simulates energy performance for these two different wall framing system for houses in four metropolitan cities which are located in four different weather areas in Florida. It indicates that a house built with steel wall frame is 53％ more in construction cost and 6％-7％ more in annual energy consumption than wood wall frame. Further research would be conducted in studying the impact on energy performance and construction cost by modifying steel stud spacing, novel insulation materials, and new construction techniques.

关键词： simulation energy efficiency construction cost.

作者: Aiyin JIANG Yimin ZHU

作者单位: Department of Building ConstructionManagement, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, U.S.A. FL3 Department of Construction Management, Florida International University, U.S.A.

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 International Conference on Construction & Real Estate Management(2011建设与房地产管理国际会议)

会议地点: 广州

会议语种:英文

页码: 13-17

在线出版日期: 2011-11-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）