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Heat, air and moisture transfer in insulated envelope parts. Final Report, Volume 1, Modelling

Hens, H.
1996
IEA, Annex 24. International Energy Agency, Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems research programme. Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium

Hens, H., (1996), Heat, air and moisture transfer in insulated envelope parts. Final Report, Volume 1, Modelling, IEA, Annex 24. International Energy Agency, Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems research programme. Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract:
The objectives of this annex are to model and study the fundamental physical phenomena behind and the consequences of heat, air and moisture transfer through new and retrofitted insulated envelope parts. A special emphasis will be put on the energy quality, depending on air tightness, on the hygric behaviour and on the durability aspects of the construction. The knowledge gained by this analysis will be applied to performance formulation and to checking the design and production of new retrofitted parts. It is divided into the following five subtasks:
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Author Information and Other Publications Notes
Hens, H.
Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Building Physics, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium http://www.bwk.kuleuven.ac.be/bwf/e_hugohens.htm
  1. A comparison of different techniques to quantify moisture content profiles in porous building materials
  2. Application of a new type of air and vapor retarder in a self-drying sloped roof with a cathedral ceiling
  3. Building envelopes in a holistic perspective
  4. Condensation risk assessment
  5. Determination of the liquid water diffusivity from transient moisture transfer experiments
  6. Evaluating the thermal performance of active envelopes
  7. Fungal defacement in buildings: a performance related approach
  8. Heat and moisture response of vented and compact cathedral ceilings: a test house evaluation
  9. Heat-air-moisture design of masonry cavity walls: theoretical and experimental results and practice
  10. Hygric properties of a new humidity controlled vapor retarder
  11. IEA Annex 14: Condensation and Energy
  12. Inquiry on HAMCAT codes
  13. Interstitial condensation due to air leakage: a sensitivity analysis
  14. Microscopic analysis of imbibition processes in oolitic limestone
  15. Modeling. Final Report
  16. Performance prediction for masonry walls with EIFS using calculation procedures and laboratory testing
  17. Performance-based development of a thermally insulated pitched roof system
  18. Pitched roofs, heat-air-moisture transport in tiled and slated roofs with the thermal insulation at rafter level
  19. Simulating non-isothermal water vapour transfer: an experimental validation on multi-layered building components
  20. The influence of soil moisture in the unsaturated zone on the heat loss from buildings via the ground  


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