Air transport in and through the building envelope
Paper in proceeding, 2004

A national R&D program dealing with air transport in and through the building envelope is presented, including some overviews of results. The program develops predictive models for evaluating air movements in and through the building envelope. These models are coupled to the outside climate and pressure situation and to the inside climate through the interaction with models defining the building services system. A major aim of the program is to analyze problems of relevance to the building process. This includes site inventory, modeling of typical situations, and laboratory testing for input data and to validate the models. The objective is to develop tools to help design and evaluate building elements and to give the necessary foundation for estimating the convective transport of heat and moisture in the envelope, which is decisive for the indoor climate, the consumption of energy, and the durability of the construction. The research program is ongoing and this presentation is to invite communication with others.

Author

Claes Bankvall

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

Björn Mattsson

Angela Sasic Kalagasidis

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings

21668469 (eISSN)


9781931862608 (ISBN)

9th International Conference on Thermal Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings 2004
Clearwater, USA,

Subject Categories

Environmental Analysis and Construction Information Technology

Other Civil Engineering

Building Technologies

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