The dependable characterisation of the moisture buffer potential of interior claddings (original) (raw)

The hygrothermal performances of building zones, building components and building occupants are strongly related to the interior humidity, and this is in turn related to the moisture buffering by the interior enclosure. This paper presents a methodology for the characterisation of the moisture buffer potential of a single interior element, by introduction of the production-adapted MBV*. It is shown that this weighted-average of a long-and a shortterm value allows dependably characterising the moisture buffer potential for a multitude of moisture production schemes. As such, the introduced MBV* yields a dependable characterisation of single-element moisture buffer potential, which allows direct qualitative comparison of different elements and which can be measured by simple and fast measurement techniques and equipment. It extension towards the room enclosure level, and its ensuing use for quantification, is the topic of the companion paper .

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