Practical Implications

Biocontaminants such as dust-mites and molds can pose serious health problems. Understanding microclimates in biocontaminant microhabitats, when coupled with biologic models, will make it possible to predict how the life cycles of these biocontaminants are affected as these conditions change. In turn, this will suggest which interventions that modify indoor climate and microclimate are likely to control these biocontaminants. Furthermore such interventions might include indoor humidity control, changing building insulation and ventilation levels, covering mattresses, use of electric blankets, use of carpet heating, etc. Such models will provide a fast way for screening for interventions that are likely to be effective in the control of biocontaminants

• Whole building HAM: theory and modeling

1. A field study of the moisture performance of roofs of occupied newly constructed timber framed houses
2. A prarmeteric study of wall moisture contents using a revised variable indoor relative humidity version of the "MOIST" transient heat and moisture transfer model
3. Effective penetration depth and effective resistance in moisture transfer
4. Inferring ventilation and moisture release rates from field psychrometric data only using system identification techniques
5. Modelling of Moisture Transfer in Structures-III. A Comparison between the Numerical Model SMAHT and Field Data
6. The building volume with hygroscopic materials--an analytical study of a classical building physics problem
7. Using hygroscopic damping of relative humidity and vapour pressure fluctuations to measure room ventilation rates  

1. A prarmeteric study of wall moisture contents using a revised variable indoor relative humidity version of the "MOIST" transient heat and moisture transfer model  

1. Combined heat and moisture transfer in buildings and structures
2. Simulation of combined heat moisture and contaminant transport in building science problems