Objectives:
- thermal comfort (radiation, temperature, air movement, …)
- condition of personal thermal comfort due to activities and clothing (clo factor)
- relative humidity comfort zone (winter, summer)
- the importance and principles of cold and heat protection in winter and summer
- capacity of straw in thermal and humidity storage (advantage improving living comfort)
- limits of acceptable amount of draft depending on temperature
- off-gassing of materials (VOC, MVOC)
- relative humidity limits indoor, to prevent organic material from moulding
Method:
- lectures, exercises, workshop
Theory:
- lectures, charts, presentations …
Practice/Task:
- working groups with 3–4 participants working on detail examples
- explain air-tightness measures on selected details
- measuring surface temperatures on different materials (in winter period)
- measuring humidity
- detecting leakages in building elements by simple methods
- checking glass quality of windows by mirroring a flame
Materials/Documents: U6 S6 – Session Plan
Training Time: 4 hours
