When an exterior thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) is applied to an outer wall containing trapped moisture, then the insulating material can be subjected to an increased moisture strain during the dryingout phase. Short-term increases in moisture levels may also arise as a result of driving rain. If high temperatures occur at the same time then they may affect the durability of the insulating material. This paper aims to predict the moisture and temperature strans acting on an ETICS with mineral wool insulation under natural climatic conditions and normal usage, using computational simulations. The objective of these calculations is to determine the maximum hygrothermal loads which arise in situ and their duration which can serve as the basis definition of well-founded boundary conditions for durability tests of insulating materials in the laboratory.

• fungi: growth and growth model : effect of temperature and humidity
• insulation : detoriation process

1. An educational hygrothermal model: WUFI-ORNL/IBP
2. Determination of moisture and salt content distributions by combining NMR and gamma ray measurements
3. Drying of an AAC flat roof in different climates Computational sensitivity analysis versus material property measurements
4. Moisture buffering effects of interior linings made from wood or wood based products
5. Moisture-buffering effect - experimental investigations and validation
6. Non-isothermal moisture transfer in porous building materials
7. Position paper on material characterization and HAM model benchmarking
8. Practical application of an uncertainty approach for hygrothermal building simulations--drying of an AAC flat roof
9. Previous Experimental Studies and Field Measurements on Moisture Buffering by Indoor Surface Materials
10. Simulation of indoor temperature and humidity conditions including hygrothermal interactions with the building envelope
11. Stochastic building envelope modeling -- the influence of material properties
12. The hygrothermal behaviour of rooms: combining thermal building simulation and hygrothermal envelope calculation
13. Two-dimensional transient heat and moisture simulations of rising damp with WUFI 2D
14. Uncertainty approaches for hygrothermal building simulations - drying of an AAC flat roof in different climates
15. Uncertainty of hygrothermal calculations  

1. Calculation of heat and moisture transfer in exposed building components
2. Flexible vapor control solves moisture problems of building assemblies - smart retarder to replace the conventional PE-film
3. Moisture buffering effects of interior linings made from wood or wood based products
4. Mold growth prediction by computational simulation
5. Simulation of indoor temperature and humidity conditions including hygrothermal interactions with the building envelope
6. Simultaneous heat and moisture transport in building components. one- and two-dimensional calculation using simple parameters
7. Two-dimensional transient heat and moisture simulations of rising damp with WUFI 2D
8. Uncertainty of hygrothermal calculations
9. WUFI-ORNL/IBP - A North American Hygrothermal Mode