Selecting moisture reference years using a Moisture Index approach
| Autor: | S. M. Cornick, Reda Djebbar, W. Alan Dalgliesh |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
East coast
Moisture performance Environmental Engineering Moisture Meteorology Performance hygrométrique Geography Planning and Development Building and Construction Mews Environmental science West coast Moisture management moisture ference years boundary conditions building envelope climate hygrothermal modeling Moisture index Building envelope Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Building and Environment. 38:1367-1379 |
| ISSN: | 0360-1323 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0360-1323(03)00139-2 |
| Popis: | Recent history has documented the premature failures of building envelopes in various regions—in North America most notably on the West Coast and the East Coast. The MEWS Consortium, a project undertaken by IRC and its partners, has addressed this issue in detail. The strategy for answering these questions was based on predicting the moisture management performance of wall systems as a function of climate, wall construction, and material properties through mathematical modeling. A key task was to determine what years to use as input for the simulations. Moisture Reference Years were selected using a Moisture Index approach developed for MEWS. This paper will develop the approach and compare it with other methods of selecting moisture reference years for hygrothermal simulations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect