... "Performance tests are needed to determine the moisture performance of a building envelope component under drying conditions, when the inside surface of the wind barrier may have condensation and the temperature may be below freezing level. A special apparatus and test method have been developed to study the drying efficiency of a building envelope under 1-dimensional temperature and moisture gradient conditions. This test gives a simplified representation of the real structure, but under realis tic boundary conditions.

This paper presents the drying efficiency test method, the test results of some experimentally studied structures, and also how the test results can be used with numerical simulation models. The presented method integrates simplified experimental tests with numerical simulation models, which form a process to study and desig n moisture safe structures."

• experiment: laboratory : multiple small samples
• HAM: computer models : TCCC2D, LateNITE
• HAM: experimental work
• HAM: material properties

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2. EIFS hygrothermal performance due to initial construction moisture as a function of air leakage, interior cavity insulation, and climate conditions
3. Heat and mass transfer between indoor air and a permeable and hygroscopic building envelope: part I -- field measurements
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7. Improving indoor climate and comfort with wooden structures
8. Influence of material properties on the hygrothermal performance of a high-rise residential wall
9. Integrated hygrothermal performance of building envelopes and systems
10. Measurements and two-dimensional computer simulations of the hygrothermal performance of a wood frame wall
11. Measuring and modeling vapor boundary layer growth during transient diffusion heat and moisture transfer in cellulose insulation
12. Moisture transport in building envelopes using an approximate factorization solution method
13. Numerical simulation of mould growth in timber frame walls
14. Prediction of hygrothermal performance of building envelope parts coupled with indoor climate
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4. Heat and mass transfer between indoor air and a permeable and hygroscopic building envelope: part II --verification and numerical studies
5. Improving indoor climate and comfort with wooden structures
6. Measuring and modeling vapor boundary layer growth during transient diffusion heat and moisture transfer in cellulose insulation
7. Moisture buffering capacity of hygroscopic building materials: Experimental facilities and energy impact
8. Moisture performance of an airtight, vapor-permeable building envelope in a cold climate
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