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Weather-based indicators for analysis of moisture risks in buildings
- Source :
- Science of the Total Environment, Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, 2020, 709, pp.134850. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134850⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- Moisture is one of the main issues in building disorders. It can lead to microorganism’s growth, material deterioration and impact on energy consumption. A comprehensive overview on the scale of the country considering climatic conditions may be an important starting point for potential moisture risks in building analyses. In this paper, we present a method in which weather-based indicators are developed for a first outline of the potential moisture risk in buildings considering the main climatic sources of moisture. The proposed method is related to weather parameters, comprising two new indicators - in a total of three - that are plotted in the country map using Geographic Information System to spatially represent the risk across the country territory. The method is applied for Brazil, and results indicate high weather-based moisture risks in highly densely populated areas. The case study highlights the importance of the presented methodology as a first analysis of potential moisture risk on a country scale.
- Subjects :
- [SPI.GCIV.CD]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Civil Engineering/Construction durable
Environmental Engineering
Geographic information system
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Moisture
business.industry
[SPI.FLUID]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Reactive fluid environment
Environmental resource management
Energy consumption
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Pollution
[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials
13. Climate action
11. Sustainability
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental science
[SPI.GCIV.RHEA]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Civil Engineering/Rehabilitation
[SPI.GCIV.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Civil Engineering/Matériaux composites et construction
business
Scale (map)
Waste Management and Disposal
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
[SPI.GCIV.EC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Civil Engineering/Eco-conception
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00489697 and 18791026
- Volume :
- 709
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Science of The Total Environment
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3f9d4ce28bee5c48fc7368511422e3ef