This book focuses on cold room insulation and airtightness, with a particular emphasis on solutions designed to address increasingly stringent requirements for energy savings and design quality. The text discusses related design, operating, and durability issues. It includes a thorough coverage of construction features, classification of cold rooms, insulation, and vapor barrier materials. The text also features information on factors leading to the deterioration of insulated walls, factors leading to overpressure or negative pressure inside cold rooms, and the testing of insulation and tightness in an open or closed cold room. Includes both an English and French translation.

Units: SI