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