Moisture Management for High R-Value Walls

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1220904· OSTI ID:1220904

Lepage, R. ^[1]; Schumacher, C. ^[1]; Lukachko, A. ^[1]

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1. Building Science Corporation, Somerville, MA (United States)

This report explains the moisture-related concerns for high R-value wall assemblies and discusses past Building America research work that informs this study. In this project, hygrothermal simulations were prepared for several common approaches to High R-value wall construction in six cities (Houston, Atlanta, Seattle, St. Louis, Chicago, and International Falls) representing a range of climate zones. The modeling program assessed the moisture durability of the wall assemblies based on three primary sources of moisture: construction moisture, air leakage condensation, and bulk water leakage; the report presents results of the study.

• Research Organization: Building Science Corporation, Somerville, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1220904
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO--102013-4266; 6608
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BSC
Building America
High-R
Moisture
Moisture management
building enclosure
high R-value
high-R walls
hygrothermal
residential
residential buildings