Moisture supply in Danish single-family houses – the influence of building style

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Abstract

According to ISO 13788 internal moisture supply in dwellings can be described by humidity classes defined by outdoor temperature, occupancy and ventilation. Hygrothermal measurements in 500 Danish single-family houses were made to investigate if building style and geographical location are important as well. Further it was investigated whether snapshot measurements in materials could replace logging of relative humidity and temperature. Building type has only a limited effect on the moisture supply. Geographical location has an effect; however variations are not systematic. It is not possible by means of two-pin or capacitive moisture meter measurements to estimate indoor relative humidity.
Original languageEnglish
JournalEnergy Procedia
Volume132
Pages (from-to)147-152
ISSN1876-6102
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2017
Event11th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics - The Electro Building at Gløshaugen campus, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Duration: 11 Jun 201714 Jun 2017
Conference number: 11
http://www.ntnu.edu/web/nsb2017/home
http://www.ntnu.edu/nsb2017

Conference

Conference11th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics
Number11
LocationThe Electro Building at Gløshaugen campus, NTNU
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityTrondheim
Period11/06/201714/06/2017
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Keywords

  • building style
  • capacitive moisture meter
  • dwellings
  • geography
  • humidity class
  • hygrothermal sensor
  • moisture supply
  • two-pin moisture meter

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