Moisture Buffer Value of Building Materials

Carsten Rode, Ruut Peuhkuri, Berit Time, Kaisa Svennberg, Tuomo Ojanen

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    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of ASTM International
    Volume4
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)Paper ID JAI100369 (33-44)
    Number of pages12
    ISSN1546-962X
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    EventASTM Symposium on Heat-Air-Moisture Transport: Measurements on Building Materials - Toronto
    Duration: 1 Jan 2006 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceASTM Symposium on Heat-Air-Moisture Transport: Measurements on Building Materials
    CityToronto
    Period01/01/2006 → …

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    Keywords

    • Building materials
    • Moisture transport
    • Humidity
    • Buffer effect
    • Indoor climate
    • Material properties

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