Impact of whole-building hygrothermal modelling on the assessment of indoor climate in a library building

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1641-1652

  Steeman, M ^a   De Paepe, M ^a   Janssens, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

HAM; Indoor climate; Library; Moisture buffering; Preservation

Indexed keywords

AIR HANDLING UNITS; BUILDING SIMULATION MODEL; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; HAM; HYGROTHERMAL; HYGROTHERMAL INTERACTIONS; INDOOR CLIMATE; ISOTHERMAL MODELS; MEASURED DATA; MOISTURE STORAGE; MOISTURE-BUFFERING; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDINGS; MOISTURE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUFFERING; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDOOR AIR; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRESERVATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 77649191094     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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