Table of contents
Preface
Units and Symbols
Introduction, Historical Review
1 Ambient Conditions Out- and Indoors
1.1 Overview
1.2 Outdoors
1.3 Indoors
Further Reading
2 Performance Metrics and Arrays
2.1 Definitions
2.2 Functional Demands
2.3 Performance Requirements
2.4 A short history
2.5 Performance arrays
Further Reading
3 Functional Demands at the Whole Building Level
3.1 In brief
3.2 Thermal, acoustical, visual and olfactory comfort
3.3 Health and Indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
3.4 Energy Efficiency
3.5 Durability
3.6 Economics
3.7 Sustainability
3.8 High performance buildings
Further Reading
4 Heat, Air, Moisture Metrics at the Building Assembly Level
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Air-tightness
4.3 Thermal transmittance
4.4 Transient thermal response
4.5 Moisture tolerance
4.6 Thermal bridging
4.7 Contact coefficient
4.8 Hygrothermal stress and strain
4.9 Transparent parts: solar transmittance
Further Reading
5 The Envelope Parts HAM Performances Applied to Timber-Frame
5.1 In general
5.2 Assembly
5.3 Performance evaluation
Further Reading
Appendix: Heat, Air, Moisture Material Properties
Index
