| Download | - View final version: La condensation dans les fenêtre des bâtiments historiques à vocation modifiée (PDF, 175 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40002938 |
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| Author | Search for: Brown, W. C.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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| Format | Text, Issue |
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| Physical description | 4 p. |
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| Subject | Moisture performance |
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| Abstract | When a heritage building is adapted for a new use, changes to the indoor environment can lead to condensation problems. This Update describes an evaluation of selected windows undertaken by IRC researchers at Ottawa’s Laurier House (now being used as a museum) to determine their effectiveness in controlling condensation. The evaluation of a heritage or ‘historic’ building to determine how it will perform under new conditions involves the following steps: identifying the specific uses to which the building will be put; establishing the temperature and relative humidity needed to support this use; determining the climatic conditions in which the building has to operate (i.e., the winter design temperature, which is readily available for any location in Canada) and determining the actual performance of the building envelope through a program of monitoring. Such a program may demonstrate that the level of performance the building provides is adequate for the proposed use under the proposed conditions and that no modifications are required. |
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| Publication date | 1997-05-01 |
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| Publisher | Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Institut de recherche en construction |
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| Language | French |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRC-IRC-41095 |
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| NPARC number | 21274768 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 04636de1-8e15-4341-9a6a-8fb8c83c2c3b |
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| Record created | 2015-04-02 |
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| Record modified | 2022-11-16 |
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