TY - JOUR
T1 - Hygrothermal implications of low and zero energy standards for building envelope performance in the UK
AU - McLeod, Robert
AU - Hopfe, Christina J.
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal Of Building Performance Simulation, 2013, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19401493.2012.762809
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - Driven by Climate Change legislation and high rates of fuel poverty, the UK faces multiple challenges both in new build and upgrading the existing stock. How these challenges are addressed will have long term impacts on building fabric, occupant comfort and wellbeing. Building performance simulation has an important role to play in this process, yet it is widely recognised that over-simplification in the modelling of physical phenomena leads to substantial sources of error. Moisture is a major cause of damage in buildings, and the Glaser method is a widely used steady–state method used to calculate the vapour pressure difference in a building’s envelope. Although known for its limitations, it is the principal method used to assess moisture response in the UK. This paper evaluates the current situation in the UK, addressing fuel poverty targets, energy saving regulations and changing boundary conditions and their compounding implications for building envelope performance.
AB - Driven by Climate Change legislation and high rates of fuel poverty, the UK faces multiple challenges both in new build and upgrading the existing stock. How these challenges are addressed will have long term impacts on building fabric, occupant comfort and wellbeing. Building performance simulation has an important role to play in this process, yet it is widely recognised that over-simplification in the modelling of physical phenomena leads to substantial sources of error. Moisture is a major cause of damage in buildings, and the Glaser method is a widely used steady–state method used to calculate the vapour pressure difference in a building’s envelope. Although known for its limitations, it is the principal method used to assess moisture response in the UK. This paper evaluates the current situation in the UK, addressing fuel poverty targets, energy saving regulations and changing boundary conditions and their compounding implications for building envelope performance.
U2 - 10.1080/19401493.2012.762809
DO - 10.1080/19401493.2012.762809
M3 - Article
SN - 1940-1493
VL - 6
SP - 367
EP - 384
JO - Journal of Building Performance Simulation
JF - Journal of Building Performance Simulation
IS - 5
ER -