[bldg-sim] Moisture Control in Buildings - Workshop

[Rohini Brahme]

HARC, along with DOE/ORNL, is sponsoring a workshop on moisture control in buildings with emphasis on using the state-of-the-art hygro-thermal modeling tool - WUFI-ORNL. The workshop will be delivered by national experts Mr. Andre' Desjarlais and Dr. Achilles Karagiozis from Oak Ridge National Lab. It will consist of two and half days of lecture and hands-on exposure to heat and mass modeling. 

 

When: November 15th, 16th, 17th, 2005

  Day 1 (11/15/2005) - 1:00-5:00
  Day 2 (11/16/2005) - 8:30-5:00
  Day 3 (11/17/2005) - 8:30-3:00

Location 

  North Harris Montgomery County College District
  District Services & Training Center
  5000 Research Forest Drive
  The Woodlands, TX 77381

Directions from Houston:

*	Take I 45 North to the Research Forest Drive Exit (Exit #77) 
*	Take a left under the interstate at the red light (Research Forest Drive). Continue down Research Forest Drive (going west) for approximately three miles to Shadowbend. 
*	Take a right at the light to enter the NHMCCD campus. The workshop will be in Building 2 of the Training Center 

Cost: 

$680 as check payment. (online payment by credit card coming soon)

Registration form can be downloaded from http://www.harc.edu/workshop/ <https://www.harc.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.harc.edu/workshop/> 

  

The workshop is limited to 30 students

 

Attendees should bring their own laptop

 

During the lecture session, the presenters will walk the audience through modern and revolutionary new building envelope design concepts, with emphasis on the hot-humid climate. The audience will be exposed to the conditions and remedies of moisture that have had devastating effects on modern construction. New techniques will be shown, and the audience will be introduced to new material application to eliminate moisture-related problems in buildings, such as mold and decay. Design criteria for indoor environments, thermal performance, cool surfaces (roofs + walls) and issues related to balancing building envelope cycles (wetting, storage, drying) will be discussed. 

 

Each student must bring a laptop computer. The student will be provided with a complete copy of the program and a licensing agreement to use this powerful modeling program. Each student will be walked through every aspect of the modeling sequencing, allowing them to understand and create wall designs that would be most appropriate for the geographical location, elevations and locations of the walls. The workshop will provide: 

* Basic building envelope design principles

* Heat and mass transfer fundamentals 

* Validation of modern hygrothermal simulation tools 

* Necessary input data: where can I get them and what accuracy is required? 

* The Do's and Don'ts of WUFI-ORNL 

* What do the results tell me - performance predicting 

* Model growth predictions - new post-processing modules

* Development and future extensions of WUFI-ORNL, future standards and guideline

 

If you are interested in attending the workshop, please contact Terri Kurtin at 

Email: tkurtin at harc.edu <mailto:tkurtin at harc.edu> , Ph: 281-363-7926.

 

 

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Rohini Brahme, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Sustainable Technologies Group
Houston Advanced Research Center
4800 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77381

Ph: 281-364-6006
Fax: 281-364-6052




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