Impact of wind-driven rain on historic brick wall buildings in a moderately cold and humid climate: Numerical analyses of mould growth risk, indoor climate and energy consumption

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-110

  Abuku, Masaru ^a   Janssen, Hans ^b   Roels, Staf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cold climate; Driving rain; Durability; Energy consumption; Historical buildings; Indoor climate; Moisture transfer; Mould growth; Numerical simulation; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDINGS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; MOLDS; RAIN; TOWERS; WIND POWER;

COLD CLIMATE; DRIVING RAIN; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; INDOOR CLIMATE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MOULD GROWTH; NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 55649101180     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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