Building America Case Study: Hygrothermal Performance of a Double-Stud Cellulose Wall, Devens, Massachusetts

Stacey Rothgeb; L. Arena

Building America Case Study: Hygrothermal Performance of a Double-Stud Cellulose Wall, Devens, Massachusetts

Stacey Rothgeb, L. Arena

Building Technologies and Science Center

California Air Resources Board

Research output: NREL › Fact Sheet

Abstract

Moisture problems within the building shell can be caused by a number of factors including excess interior moisture which is transported into the wall through air leakage and vapor drive, bulk water intrusion from leaks and wind driven rain, capillary action from concrete to wood connections and through wetted building materials such as siding wetted from rain splash back. With the increasing thickness of walls, moisture issues could increase.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	2
State	Published - 2015

Bibliographical note

Work performed by Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, Connecticut

NREL Publication Number

NREL/FS-5500-63403

Other Report Number

DOE/GO-102015-4591

Keywords

Building America
building materials
CARB
cellulose wall
double-stud
hygrothermal
moisture
residential
Residential Buildings
water managed

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