Latent and sensible load distributions in conventional and energy-efficient residences. Final report, January 1983-January 1986

The effects of moisture adsorption and desorption in residential buildings is studied in detail. Energy-conserving and conventional residences are examined, and building loads are disaggregrated into their thermal moisture and source components. The report covers significant new analytical and experimental work. A detailed building-moisture-analysis technique is developed to be incorporated into the NBS building analysis program TARP. The model is validated against field and laboratory data with good results.