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Technical brief: air leakage paths through exterior walls

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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SubjectWalls
Abstract
As warm, humid air escapes through an exterior wall, heat transfer takes place between this warm air and the 'less warm' surfaces on its path. The parts of the sheathing that are 'licked' by this flow of warm (and humid) air will, therefore, be at a higher temperature than the rest of the sheathing. The tendency is as follows:
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  • Columns - The Newsletter of the Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Associations of Architects 5, no. June 4 (1 June 1998): 4–5.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedNo
NRC numberNRCC 43111
NRC-IRC-9605
NPARC number20331367
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