Explain thermal analysis of building materials for poultry houses to reduce production costs?

Question

I am trying to explain the contribution that thermal anaylasis has in planning a building, to reduce the running costs, without haveing anegative impact on the birds and their performance.

Answer 1

production of the house or production of the chickens?
eggs and chicks need to be kept at about 90~100 deg, higher for eggs, 90~95 for chicks. ( believe I've heard 110~115 for turkeys, is it specified).
the problem is to heat the poultry house to this temp (assuming that is above ambient air temp) and maintain requires energy.
air vents and drafts are the main cause of heat loss. but this is not addressed by materials. is poultry house deign/ construction to be considered?
the surface area of the building is the material that will be affected by material choice. given the surface area, R factor and expected temperature differential, you can calc the heat loss. this heat needs to be replaced by heaters.
Cost of energy is the next consideration, gas, electricty, etc have different prices per watt (or btu or whatever unit you're working in). Given an estimate of the ambient temp you can estimate the energy expenditure per time period. selecting a building material with a diff R factor affects your energy costs.
so then given the life cycle of the building, you can compare the total energy cost differences and compare them to the different material costs.

Answer 2

Here is a good site http://www.downloadita.it/r/rd.asp?gid=421. It teaches how to build your own chicken coop.
Best

Answer 3

difficult thing. lookup on yahoo or google. this might help!