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Preface | |
Introduction | |
Outdoor And Indoor Conditions | |
Overview | |
Outdoor Conditions | |
Dry bulb (or air) temperature | |
Solar radiation | |
Long wave radiation | |
Relative humidity and (partial water) vapour pressure | |
Wind | |
Precipitation and wind driven rain | |
Standardized outside climate values | |
Indoor conditions | |
Dry bulb (or air) temperature | |
Relative humidity and (partial water) vapour pressure | |
Water vapour release indoors | |
Indoor climate classes | |
Indoor/outdoor air pressure differentials | |
Performance Metrics And Arrays | |
Definitions | |
Functional demands | |
Performance requirements | |
Some history | |
Performance arrays | |
Functionality | |
Structural adequacy | |
Building physics related quality | |
Fire safety | |
Durability | |
Maintenance | |
Costs | |
Functional Requirements And Performances At The Building Level | |
Thermal comfort | |
Physiological basis | |
Global steady state thermal comfort | |
Local discomfort | |
Transient conditions | |
Comfort related enclosure performance | |
Health and indoor environmental quality | |
Energy efficiency | |
Energy use in buildings | |
Space heating | |
Parameters defining the net energy demand for heating | |
Net energy demand for cooling | |
Gross energy demand, end energy use | |
Buildings ranked in terms of energy efficiency | |
Durability | |
Life cycle costs | |
Sustainability | |
Heat-Air-Moisture Performances At The Envelope Level | |
Air-tightness | |
Thermal transmittance | |
Transient thermal response | |
Moisture tolerance | |
Thermal bridges | |
Contact coefficient | |
Hygro-thermal stress and strain | |
Example of a performance control: timber framed walls | |
Heat-Air-Moisture Material Properties | |
Dry air and water | |
Building, insulating and finishing materials | |
References And Literature | |
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