Increasing the indoor humidity levels in buildings with ventilation systems: Simulation aided design in case of passive houses

Building Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-310

  Korjenic, Azra ^a   Teblick, Helene ^b   Bednar, Thomas ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

buffering material; indoor humidity level; simulation; ventilation rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862997375     PISSN: 19963599     EISSN: 19968744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-010-0015-2     Document Type: Article

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