Use of fungal detectors to monitor drying of water damaged buildings
Morey, P., Abe, K., Horner, E. and Ligman, B.
2002
Indoor Air 2002
Morey, P., Abe, K., Horner, E. and Ligman, B., (2002), "Use of fungal detectors to monitor drying of water damaged buildings", Indoor Air 2002.
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| Fungal detectors (biosensors) were used in three water damaged buildings at various stages of restoration to determine if moisture remaining in building assemblies was still sufficient for fungal growth. Alternaria alternata, Eurotium herbariorium, and Aspergillus penicilloides were used as sensor fungi in the detectors. In one building where the relative humidity (RH) varied from 80 to 98%, all three sensor species germinated and grew. In the crawl space of another building where the RH was in the 73 to 79% range, only the xerophilic Eurotium species grew. In a wall cavity of a third building with the RH fluctuating between 45 and 70%, none of the sensor fungi germinated. The use of fungal detectors during building restoration provides a direct means of determining if residual moisture in a microenvironment is sufficient to cause fungal |
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