Temperature and humidity profiles in passive-house building blocks

Building and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-193

  Mlakar, Jana ^a   Štrancar, Janez ^b  

^a doo   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Building materials; Durability; Living environment; Relative humidity; Temperature; Vapor retarder

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; HUMIDITY PROFILE; LIGHT-WEIGHT CONSTRUCTIONS; LIVING CONDITIONS; LIVING ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE-BUFFERING; PASSIVE HOUSE; SHEAR FORCE; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VAPOR BARRIERS; VAPOR RETARDERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; DURABILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; VAPORS;

HOUSES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; DURABILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84871582670     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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