durability: materials and components

BTC - Buildings Technology Center

"to identify, develop, and deploy sustainable and energy-efficient building system technologies by forming partnerships between the public sector and private industry for analysis, well-characterized experiments, technology development, and market outreach. "




Buildings Envelope Technology Roadmap- BETR

ˇ°DOE releases Buildings Envelope Technology Roadmap, and reports on progress fulfilling Window Industry Technology Roadmap.




Wood Durability web site

"offering up-to-date information to help wood users get the most life out of wood construction products", provided by the Canadian Wood Council and Forintek Canada Corp.

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An example of application of limit state approach for reliability analysis of moisture performance of a building component, by Pietrzyk, K., Kurkinen, K., Hagentoft,, 2004

by HAM

Durability control by means of hygrothermal history in building components, by Kurkinen, K. and Hagentoft, C., 2002

DB8

Durability of Building Materials and Components 8, by Lacasse, M. A. and D. J. Vanier, 1999

use service life prediction on wood

Durability of wood, by ?deen, K. and J. Nor¨¦n, 1999

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Guide and bibliography to service life and durability research for buildings and components, by Sj?str?m, C. (Ed), 2004

sheathing materials

Mold and decay resistance of common sheathing materials, by Laks, P. E., G. M. Larkin, and E. Keranen, 1999

historic timber roof

The problem of the durability of materials used in the rehabilitation of historic timber roofs- rehabilitation of historic timber roofs, by Cestari, C. B. and S. Cravero And S. C. C. Lombardi, 1999

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Wood durability issues on the long-term performance of wood in service, by Quarles, S. L. and Tully, D.F, 0