Does Greenland need a guideline on how to deal with moisture in the construction phase?

Ernst Jan de Place Hansen

Does Greenland need a guideline on how to deal with moisture in the construction phase?

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Abstract

Damage to buildings seen in Denmark tends with some delay to turn up in Greenland. This makes it relevant to study buildings with moisture-related problems in Denmark and how they are dealt with in the Danish Building Regulations to prevent the problems from being copied in Greenland. As the requirements concerning moisture control are function-based, the construction client and the authorities are entrusted with interpreting requirements in a specific case, which caused the introduction of a guideline based on humidity risk classes. This paper presents the Danish requirements and guideline and gives examples of moisture-related problems in buildings in Greenland. Requirements and guidelines are needed in Greenland in order to deal with moisture in the construction phase, but as the conditions for constructing houses and the way that houses are used in Greenland are different from Denmark, an adaptation to the specific conditions in Greenland is needed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings Artek Event 2012: Challenges for the Arctic Building Industry, Sisimiut, Greenland, 13-14 March 2012
Editors	Ingrid Vernimmen
Publisher	Arctic Technology Centre- DTU, Technical University of Denmark
Publication date	Mar 2012
Pages	117-124
ISBN (Print)	9788778773340
Publication status	Published - Mar 2012
Event	Artek Event 2012 - Sisimiut, Greenland Duration: 13 Mar 2012 → 14 Mar 2012

Conference

Conference	Artek Event 2012
Country/Territory	Greenland
City	Sisimiut
Period	13/03/2012 → 14/03/2012

Series	BYGDTU Report
Number	R-252
ISSN	1601-2917

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Does Greenland need a guideline on how to deal with moisture in the construction phase?
Ernst Jan de Place Hansen (Lecturer)
14 Mar 2012
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
Artek Event 2012
Ernst Jan de Place Hansen (Participant)
13 Mar 2012 → 14 Mar 2012
Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation

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Hansen, E. J. D. P. (2012). Does Greenland need a guideline on how to deal with moisture in the construction phase? In I. Vernimmen (Ed.), Proceedings Artek Event 2012: Challenges for the Arctic Building Industry, Sisimiut, Greenland, 13-14 March 2012 (pp. 117-124). Arctic Technology Centre- DTU, Technical University of Denmark. http://www.artek.byg.dtu.dk/Om%20ARTEK/ARTEK%20Events.aspx

Hansen, Ernst Jan de Place. / Does Greenland need a guideline on how to deal with moisture in the construction phase?. Proceedings Artek Event 2012: Challenges for the Arctic Building Industry, Sisimiut, Greenland, 13-14 March 2012. editor / Ingrid Vernimmen. Arctic Technology Centre- DTU, Technical University of Denmark, 2012. pp. 117-124 (BYGDTU Report; No. R-252).

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Hansen, EJDP 2012, Does Greenland need a guideline on how to deal with moisture in the construction phase? in I Vernimmen (ed.), Proceedings Artek Event 2012: Challenges for the Arctic Building Industry, Sisimiut, Greenland, 13-14 March 2012. Arctic Technology Centre- DTU, Technical University of Denmark, BYGDTU Report, no. R-252, pp. 117-124, Artek Event 2012, Sisimiut, Greenland, 13/03/2012. <http://www.artek.byg.dtu.dk/Om%20ARTEK/ARTEK%20Events.aspx>

Does Greenland need a guideline on how to deal with moisture in the construction phase? / Hansen, Ernst Jan de Place.
Proceedings Artek Event 2012: Challenges for the Arctic Building Industry, Sisimiut, Greenland, 13-14 March 2012. ed. / Ingrid Vernimmen. Arctic Technology Centre- DTU, Technical University of Denmark, 2012. p. 117-124 (BYGDTU Report; No. R-252).

Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research