Predicting indoor relative humidity using building energy simulation tools

IAQVEC 2007 Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings: Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 233-240

  Kwiatkowski, Jerzy ^a   Feret, Kamil ^a,b   Woloszyn, Monika ^a   Roux, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Building; Energy; Model; Moisture; Validation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION TOOLS; ENERGY; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HUMAN COMFORTS; HYGROSCOPIC MATERIALS; IN-BUILDINGS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MOISTURE-BUFFERING; NEW MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; TRNSYS SIMULATION PROGRAM; VALIDATION;

BUILDINGS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MODELS; MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 84857256489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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