Potential effects of permeable and hygroscopic lightweight structures on thermal comfort and perceived IAQ in a cold climate

Indoor Air

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-49

  Kurnitski, Jarek ^a,c   Kalamees, T ^b   Palonen, J ^a   Eskola, L ^a   Seppanen O ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^c HVAC Laboratory   (Finland)

Author keywords

Humidity; Hygroscopicity; IAQ assessment; Moisture Buffering; Permeability

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; COLDER CLIMATE; HYGROSCOPICITY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES; MOISTURE-BUFFERING; NON-HYGROSCOPIC; PERMEABILITY; POTENTIAL EFFECTS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 33846600970     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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