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Impact of Climate Change in Building Envelope Design: The Performance to Withstand Mould Growth

Abstract

Mould growth is abiodeterioration phenomenonthat jeopardizesthe integrity, functionality and durability of building envelopes. The performance to withstand biodeterioration depends on the critical hygrothermal conditions inside the envelope. These conditions are subject to the configuration of building envelopes, and climate exposure, accounting for boththe outdoor weather and indoor environments' conditions. These critical conditions are likely tointensify in response to the changing climate, and hence, modification and adaptation of the envelopes' configuration will be required. An understanding of the implications of envelope configurations' choices is required to set up guidelines for forthcoming building envelope design. Parametric analyses are a potent source of insight to investigate how the input parameters influence the desired outcome. In light of this, a parametric analysis is carried out to investigate the performance ofthreebuilding envelopes to withstand mould growth. The impact of climate change in the performance evaluation is accounted for by employing both historic and future climate change scenarios in which the global climate temperature change is forecast to be 3.5oC. Input parameters related to the simulation of mould growth are also investigated. Recommendations to current building envelope design guidelines are drawn for the performance evaluation to withstand mould growth.
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Category

Academic chapter

Language

English

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Community / Architecture, Materials and Structures

Year

2020

Publisher

International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)

Book

Current topics and trends on durability of building materials and components : Proceedings of the XV edition of the International conference on durability of building materials and components (DBMC 2020) Barcelona Spain 20 – 23 October 2020

ISBN

9788412110180

Page(s)

75 - 82

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