# US 8,276,337 B2 · Low energy consumption climate control system and method for the realization of high heat-sound insulation building > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,276,337 B2 - Document ID: US8276337B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/671,600 - Filed: 2008-07-28 - Published: 2011-09-15 - Granted: 2012-10-02 - Earliest claimed: 2007-08-01 - Assignees: Caebit Srl - Inventors: Paolo Plini - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8276337B2 ## CPC - F24F 5/0075: {Systems using thermal walls, e.g. double window} - F24D 3/14: incorporated in a ceiling, wall or floor - F24D 5/00: Hot-air central heating systems (district heating systems F24D10/00; central heating systems using heat accumulated in storage masses F24D11/00; air conditioning F24F); Exhaust gas central heating systems - F24F 5/0046: {using natural energy, e.g. solar energy, energy from the ground} - Y02A 30/00: Adapting or protecting infrastructure or their operation - Y02A 30/272: Solar heating or cooling - Y02B 10/20: Solar thermal - Y02B 10/40: Geothermal heat-pumps - Y02B 30/00: Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC] - Y02B 30/90: Passive houses; Double facade technology - Y02P 80/20: using renewable energy - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) - F24D: DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR (using steam or condensate extracted or exhausted from steam engine plants for heating purposes F01K17/02) - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract In a climate control system for buildings, a number of renewable energy sources (photovoltaic and/or eolic, geothermal and the like) are utilized to obtain a flux of constant temperature fluid to be circulated into radiating pipes placed in continuous spaces or gaps defined in the perimeter walls and floors of said buildings. A desired variable flux of air is made to circulate in said spaces or gaps, to be heated or coiled by said radiating pipes. One said flux of air reaches the desired temperature, its circulation is stopped, to obtain a thermal insulating layer of air, in thermal equilibrium with the rooms to be air conditioned. In the matters of civil, trade, industrial, and also prefabricated buildings endowed with elevated features in heat-sound insulation, it has been utilized a particular simple method for the realization of system of hollow spaces or gaps situated between the outer and inner surface of the building, mainly based on the laying of a series of panels; i.e. thin metal sheets, located. In particular, suitable hooks, joined to the structure of studs and Beams, support horizontal bars vertically lined up, around which a thin metal sheet, preferably as an interrupted ring, is laid. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A climate control system for a building, which includes at least one perimeter wall and at least one floor, said climate control system comprising: a first system configured to generate and accumulate electricity from renewable sources; a secondary geothermic system configured to capture fluids at a temperature within a predetermined range, wherein the at least one perimeter wall and the at least one floor comprises a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart continuous panels, void spaces or gaps being defined between said panels; a third system of variable capacity air-flow circulation; and a fourth system configured to monitor and control temperature and humidity of said air-flow, wherein said at least one perimeter wall further comprises an external wall and an internal wall defining a gap therebetween, with the gap being divided into at least a first gap, a second central gap, and a third gap by the plurality of spaced-apart continuous panels, said first gap is towards the external wall, and said second central gap and said third gap are towards the internal wall, wherein at least one primary vertical panel sheeting is made of thermally insulating material, with the second central gap towards the external wall, and including a thin second panel sheeting made up of a breathable metallic sheet separated from the external wall, the side of said vertical panel sheeting is directly facing the internal wall provided with an impermeable metal sheet reflective to thermal fluxes, wherein a gap underneath the floor is insulated from the floor below by a horizontal panel made of thermally insulated material and including, on the side facing the floor, a continuous breathable metal sheet reflective to thermal fluxes, and wherein a number of radiating pipes are laid out within said gap beneath the floor and in the third gap facing the internal wall with the fluid flowing within said radiating pipes at a desired temperature and coming from said geothermic system, said variable capacity air-flow is directed in at least some of said first, second central, and third gaps. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The climate control system according to claim 1, wherein within the third gap and the gap underneath the floor treated and dehumidified air is circulated, being monitored and regulated by a centralized remote control system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The climate control system according to claim 1, wherein metallic sheets are laid out on the at least one primary vertical panel sheeting and the horizontal panel is placed in the gaps within the side walls and the floor, being integral with or detached from the at least one primary vertical panel sheeting and the horizontal panel, wherein optionally the metallic sheets are formed in the shape of a belt. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The climate control system according to claim 1, where the third gap and the gap underneath the floor on each floor of the building are reciprocally interconnected. ### Claim 5 An apparatus to high heat-sound insulate a building, wherein the apparatus is contained within or on the building, and the building has a structure having interconnected studs and beams and surfaces projecting outside the building, comprising: said apparatus comprising: bearing elements, with horizontal holes, stretching out with respect to outer surfaces of the structure of studs and beams, wherein said bearing elements are spaced-apart and lined-up to form both horizontal and vertical lines and to form a symmetric and modular grid; joining and reinforcement elements inserted into the horizontal holes, wherein the bearing elements of each horizontal line are each joined through a structural shape having a first and a second sides placed in an L position with respect to each other, where one of the first and second sides stretches out horizontally outside; elements of an outer plugging are placed on the horizontal side of the structural shapes, which join each horizontal line to form an outer surface of the building; vertical panels are configured inside the outer surface and placed in parallel and space-apart from each other, are placed to form isolated gaps; pipes, where a fluid at predetermined temperature flows, are placed in correspondence of the most distant panel of the vertical panels from the outer surface of the building; a ceiling on the surfaces of the horizontal beams of the structure, the ceiling comprising a series of passing cells, wherein each cell has placed within an element comprising continuous parallel thin walls which define a series of isolated gaps; an insulating and/or thermally reflecting layer on the ceiling; planar elements placed on the insulating layer, wherein the planar elements are peripherally endowed with space apart short legs, placed on said ceiling to define an empty space between the ceiling and a horizontal element, wherein a cement layer is placed on it, and a desired floor; pipes to enable fluid-flow at a predetermined temperature and for utilities placed between the horizontal element and the ceiling; and erected inner walls configured to close the space existing in the outer surface of the building and comprising the vertical panels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the empty space defined by the planar element is in part filled with pipes and communicates with the vertical gap existing between the most distant panel from the outer surface of the building and inner walls. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the bearing element comprises a first plate vertically placed endowed, at the back, with a projection to be buried in the structure of studs and beam and, in front, with a second plate orthogonally projecting from the former, with a hole of suitable shape and dimension. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the back projection of the bearing element is endowed with a third plate parallel to the first and having holes for fixing through screws, bolts to the outer surface of studs and beams. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the joining and reinforcement elements comprise extended, full or tubular, bars endowed, at a first extremity, with a threaded tract and, at the second extremity, with a correspondent threaded bush, wherein optionally the bars have wound around them metallic sheets formed in the shape of a belt wound around the bars in order to form a continuous ring. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein in an assembly of the elements of the outer plugging, the same elements are provided with at least a passing hole so that at least a vertical line of the elements are placed round the bar which, on its turn, is placed within the hole of the second plate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the bearing elements are endowed with hooks to horizontally sustain bars as a support for vertical parallel and space-apart panels to define a series of isolated gaps. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the vertical panels forming the isolated gaps are in the shape of metallic sheets which perpendicularly extend over an entire height of the building. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the inner walls comprise bricks having a C shaped cross section. ### Claim 14 A building comprising a climate control system, comprising: a first system configured to generate and accumulate electricity from renewable sources, wherein the building comprises at least one perimeter wall and at least one floor; a secondary geothermic system configured to capture fluids at a temperature within a predetermined range, wherein the at least one perimeter wall and the at least one floor comprises a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart continuous panels, void spaces or gaps being defined between said panels; a third system of variable capacity air-flow circulation; and a fourth system configured to monitor and control temperature and humidity of said air-flow, wherein said at least one perimeter wall further comprises an external wall and an internal wall defining a gap therebetween, with the gap being divided into at least a first gap, a second central gap, and a third gap by the plurality of spaced-apart continuous panels, said first gap is towards the external wall, and said second central gap and said third gap are towards the internal wall, wherein at least one primary vertical panel sheeting is made of thermally insulating material, with the second central gap towards the external wall, and including a thin second panel sheeting made up of a breathable metallic sheet separated from the external wall, the side of said vertical panel sheeting is directly facing the internal wall provided with an impermeable metal sheet reflective to thermal fluxes, wherein a gap underneath the floor is insulated from the floor below by a horizontal panel made of thermally insulated material and including, on the side facing the floor, a continuous breathable metal sheet reflective to thermal fluxes, and wherein a number of radiating pipes are laid out within said gap beneath the floor and in the third gap facing the internal wall with the fluid flowing within said radiating pipes at a desired temperature and coming from said geothermic system, said variable capacity air-flow is directed in at least some of said first, second central, and third gaps. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The building according to claim 14, wherein within the third gap and the gap underneath the floor treated and dehumidified air is circulated, being monitored and regulated by a centralized remote control system. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The building according to claim 14, wherein metallic sheets are laid out on the at least one primary vertical panel sheeting and the horizontal panel is placed in the gaps within the side walls and the floor, being integral with or detached from the at least one primary vertical panel sheeting and the horizontal panel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The building according to claim 14, where the third gap and the gap underneath the floor on each floor of the building are reciprocally interconnected. ### Claim 18 A building comprising an apparatus to high heat-sound insulate the building: wherein the apparatus comprises: bearing elements, with horizontal holes, stretching out with respect to outer surfaces of a structure of studs and beams, wherein said bearing elements are spaced-apart and lined-up to form both horizontal and vertical lines and to form a symmetric and modular grid; joining and reinforcement elements inserted into the horizontal holes, wherein the bearing elements of each horizontal line are each joined through a structural shape having a first and a second sides placed in an L position with respect to each other, where one of the first and second sides stretches out horizontally outside; elements of an outer plugging are placed on the horizontal side of the structural shapes, which join each horizontal line to form an outer surface of the building; vertical panels are configured inside the outer surface and placed in parallel and space-apart from each other, are placed to form isolated gaps; pipes, where a fluid at predetermined temperature flows, are placed in correspondence of the most distant panel of the vertical panels from the outer surface of the building; a ceiling on the surfaces of the horizontal beams of the structure, the ceiling comprising a series of passing cells, wherein each cell has placed within an element comprising continuous parallel thin walls which define a series of isolated gaps; an insulating and/or thermally reflecting layer on the ceiling; planar elements placed on the insulating layer, wherein the planar elements are peripherally endowed with space apart short legs, placed on said ceiling to define an empty space between the ceiling and a horizontal element, wherein a cement layer is placed on it, and a desired floor; pipes to enable fluid-flow at a predetermined temperature and for utilities placed between the horizontal element and the ceiling; and erected inner walls configured to close the space existing in the outer surface of the building and comprising the vertical panels. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The building according to claim 18, wherein the empty space defined by the planar element is in part filled with pipes and communicates with the vertical gap existing between the most distant panel from the outer surface of the building and inner walls. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The building according to claim 18, wherein the bearing element comprises a first plate vertically placed endowed, at the back, with a projection to be buried in the structure of studs and beam and, in front, with a second plate orthogonally projecting from the former, with a hole of suitable shape and dimension. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The building according to claim 20, wherein the back projection of the bearing element is endowed with a third plate parallel to the first and having holes for fixing through screws, bolts to the outer surface of studs and beams. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The building according to claim 18, wherein the joining and reinforcement elements comprise extended, full or tubular, bars endowed, at a first extremity, with a threaded tract and, at the second extremity, with a correspondent threaded bush. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The building according to claim 20, wherein in an assembly of the elements of the outer plugging, the same elements are provided with at least a passing hole so that at least a vertical line of the elements are placed round a bar which, on its turn, is placed within the hole of the second plate. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The building according to claim 18, wherein the bearing elements are endowed with hooks to horizontally sustain bars as a support for vertical parallel and space-apart panels to define a series of isolated gaps. ### Claim 25 (depends on 18) The building according to claim 18, wherein the vertical panels forming the isolated gaps are in the shape of metallic sheets which perpendicularly extend over an entire height of the building. ### Claim 26 (depends on 18) The building according to claim 18, wherein the inner walls comprise bricks having a C shaped cross section. ### Claim 27 (depends on 18) The building according to claim 18, wherein the building comprises at least one of a home, a work place, a detached house, a prefab building, an industrial building, or a trade building.