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    Whole building HAM: humidity level in houses

    "Significant sources of indoor moisture usually include soil moisture migrating through foundations and floor slabs; showering and bathing; humidifiers; clothes dryers that are not vented to the outside; indoor storage of fire-wood; and backdrafting of gas-fired appliances. Seemingly minor sources such as occupant respiration and perspiration; cooking; dishwashing; floor mopping; plants; aquariums; and seasonal desorption from building materials, when considered in total, can make a size-able contribution (Smulski, S., 1999, Durability of energy-efficient wood-frame houses)

    comprehensive review on factors and effects [El Diasty, R., P. Fazio and I. Budaiwi, 1992, Modelling of indoor air humidity: the dynamic behaviour within an enclosure
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    A review of humidity buffering in the interior spaces, by Rode C., Holm A. and Padfield T., 2004
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    Analysis of moisture findings in the interior spaces of Finnish housing stock, by Chelelgo, J., Haverinen, U., Vahteristo, M., Koivisto, J., Husman, T., Nevalainen, A. and Jaaskelainen, E., 2001
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    Description of the moisture capacity of building materials, by Carmeliet, J. and S. Roels, 2002
    sources of indoor moisture
    Durability of energy-efficient wood-frame houses, by Smulski, S., 1999
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    Full-scale testing of indoor humidity and moisture buffering in building materials, by Mitamura, T., C. Rode and J. Schultz, 2001
    advance math model and a good review
    Modelling of indoor air humidity: the dynamic behaviour within an enclosure, by El Diasty, R., P. Fazio and I. Budaiwi, 1992
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    Moldy houses - building science lessons from the Wallaceburg project, by Lawton, M. D., 1998
    in relation to insulation
    Organic insulation materials: effect on indoor humidity and necessity of a vapor barrier, by Rode, C., 1998
    coupled with envelope simulation
    Prediction of hygrothermal performance of building envelope parts coupled with indoor climate, by Salonvaara, M. H., 1998
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    Testing of flat roofs insulated with cellulose fiber, by Fazio, P., Derome, D., Gebasi, D., Athienitis, A., Depani, S., Kovacevic, P., 1998
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    The influence of house characteristics in a Canadian community on microbiological contamination, by Lawton, M. D., R. E. Dales, and J. White, 1998
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    Transfer function model and frequency domain validation of moisture sorption in air-conditioned buildings, by Chen, Y. and Wang, S., 2001
    to measure ventilation rates
    Using hygroscopic damping of relative humidity and vapour pressure fluctuations to measure room ventilation rates, by Cunningham, M. J., 1994




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