Moisture buffering and its consequence in whole building hygrothermal modeling

Journal of Building Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-360

  Rode, Carsten ^a   Grau, Karl ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy; IEA; Indoor humidity; Moisture buffer value; Moisture buffering; NORDTEST; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

INDOOR HUMIDITY; MOISTURE BUFFER VALUE (MBV); NORDTEST;

MOISTURE;

EID: 42149111579     PISSN: 17442591     EISSN: 17442583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744259108088960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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