1. Moisture Buffer Value of Building Materials
- Author
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Rode, Carsten, Peuhkuri, Ruut, Time, Berit, Svennberg, Kaisa, Ojanen, Tuomo, Rode, Carsten, Peuhkuri, Ruut, Time, Berit, Svennberg, Kaisa, and Ojanen, Tuomo
- Abstract
When building materials are in contact with indoor air they have some effect to moderate the variations of indoor humidity in occupied buildings. But so far there has been a lack of a standardized quantity to characterize the moisture buffering capability of materials. It has been the objective of a recent Nordic project to define such a quantity, and to declare it in the form of a NORDTEST method. The Moisture Buffer Value is the figure that has been developed in the project as a way to appraise the moisture buffer effect of materials, and the value is described in the paper. Also explained is a test protocol which expresses how materials should be tested for determination of their Moisture Buffer Value. Finally, the paper presents some of the results of a Round Robin Test on various typical building materials that has been carried out in the project.
- Published
- 2007