Microclimate Conditions in Rooms: Their Impact on Mold Development in Buildings

Bożena Orlik-Kożdoń
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Bożena Orlik-Kożdoń: Faculty of Civil Engineering; Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-18

Abstract: The publication concerns the problem of adopting proper environmental conditions in the assessment of mold development in the so-called thermal bridges in the form of corners. The paper discusses the factors determining the development of mold and the models that predict its growth. The conditions of the internal microclimate, which is used in hygrothermal diagnostics of walls, were also recalled. Thermal bridges are areas where mold development takes place, therefore the climatic conditions in the room taken for their assessment—As it is currently applied—Are considered inappropriate. This thesis is confirmed by the results of in situ studies of changes in temperature and relative humidity in the area of corners. Some of these findings are presented in the work. On their basis, the author introduces the concept of the so-called geometric climate that would take into account the change of these parameters within thermal bridges of the corner type.

Keywords: room microclimate; mold; thermal bridges; geometric climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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