Model to transform measured climatic data from a local level to a micro level: temperatures model to transform climatic data
Eriksson B. and Westberg, K.
1999 Durability of Building Materials and Components 8, Edited by M.A. Lacasse and D.J. Vanier. Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa ON, K1A 0R6, Canada, pp. 912-922
local climate, micro-climate, dose-response function, agents, building
material, meteorological data, calculations, WETCORR
Eriksson B. and Westberg, K., (1999), "Model to transform measured climatic data from a local level to a micro level: temperatures model to transform climatic data", Durability of Building Materials and Components 8, Edited by M.A. Lacasse and D.J. Vanier. Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa ON, K1A 0R6, Canada, pp. 912-922.
Abstract:
A large part of the building stock and infrastructure will sooner or later fall into disrepair and make the economic and the cultural costs significant due to deficient maintenance. To make the maintenance more efficient and reduce the costs there is a need to predict the service life of building components and materials. In order to estimate the service life of a building component or material, the environmental impact as well as the dose-response function must be known. Many dose-response functions are today available and in this paper we focus on the estimation of the environmental impact. In many countries meteorological measurements have been performed for several years and on many locations. In Sweden meteorological data can be collected for, in principle, any time period in the second half of the century and for several different locations. The number of meteorological stations have gradually increased since the first measurements started in the 1860ies and is today around 900. The measured climatic data must be transformed into the actual impact onto different building materials. In order to perform such transformations the surroundings of the building as well as the building itself must be considered. We have studied one of the most important degradation agents for wood, temperature, and used both meteorological temperature data as well as microclimatic temperature data for one house in Sweden, Berggrenska g?rden in G?vle. We have studied both the difference between two meteorological stations and the difference between a meteorological station and microclimatic measurements on different positions on a facade.
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