Building America Case Study: Monitoring of Double Stud Wall Moisture Conditions in the Northeast, Devens, Massachusetts (Fact Sheet)

Program Document · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI ID:1176750

Double-stud walls insulated with cellulose or low-density spray foam can have R-values of 40 or higher. However, double stud walls have a higher risk of interior-sourced condensation moisture damage, when compared with high-R approaches using exterior insulating sheathing. Moisture conditions in double stud walls were monitored in Zone 5A (Massachusetts); three double stud assemblies were compared.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1176750
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102015-4590; KNDJ-0-40337-00
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Technology Solutions for New and Existing Homes, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE); Work performed by Building Science Corporation (BSC), Westford, Massachusettes
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
MOISTURE
FUNGI
CELLULOSE
RESIDENTIAL
BSC
BUILDING SCIENCE CORPORATION
BUILDING AMERICA
DURABILITY
MOISTURE MONITORING
DOUBLE STUD
HIGH-R VALUE
HIGH-R WALLS
MOLD
SPRAY FOAM
OPEN CELL SPRAY FOAM