ABSTRACT
Four light frame shear walls representing one wood-based wall, one hybrid bamboo/wood-based wall and two full bamboo-based walls were studied by using a guard hot box testing apparatus to obtain the thermal resistance and thermal transmittance. The method proposed by ISO 6946 and the finite element method were used to analyze the thermal insulation performance of the light frame walls. The reliability of these two simulation methods was verified by comparison between them and with the experimental results. The results show that the thermal insulation performance of light frame bamboo and wood walls are similar allowing for the feasible substitution of wood by bamboo in real light frame constructions.
