HUD Monitoring of Internal Moisture Loads in Residential Buildings
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Project Citation:
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD Monitoring of Internal Moisture Loads in Residential Buildings. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219170V1
Project Description
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HUD Monitoring of Internal Moisture Loads in Residential Buildings
Summary:
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An insufficient amount of measured data is available on actual indoor humidity levels in U.S. households, making it difficult to design durable homes. This research project has collected 1 full year of indoor temperature and humidity data for a sample of 60 homes across three different climate regions—the hot and humid Southeast (Zone 2), the cold Northeast (Zone 5), and the marine Northwest (Zone 4).
This research was in direct support of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Inc. Standard 160, Criteria for Moisture-Control Design Analysis in Buildings. A research methodology was developed with assistance from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a subcontractor and member of Standing Standards Project Committee 160 that acted in an advisory role. The monitoring protocol involved three site visits to each home to perform tasks such as collecting basic house and equipment characteristics, installing data loggers, performing testing to quantify envelope leakage and duct leakage, and collecting data recorded by the loggers. Data compiled in the field tests were analyzed to identify the potential relationships between certain household characteristics and the measured internal humidity levels.
This collection includes the access database of study data (zip file) and the two associated reports (pdfs).
This research was in direct support of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Inc. Standard 160, Criteria for Moisture-Control Design Analysis in Buildings. A research methodology was developed with assistance from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a subcontractor and member of Standing Standards Project Committee 160 that acted in an advisory role. The monitoring protocol involved three site visits to each home to perform tasks such as collecting basic house and equipment characteristics, installing data loggers, performing testing to quantify envelope leakage and duct leakage, and collecting data recorded by the loggers. Data compiled in the field tests were analyzed to identify the potential relationships between certain household characteristics and the measured internal humidity levels.
This collection includes the access database of study data (zip file) and the two associated reports (pdfs).
Original Distribution URL:
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https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/oth/internalmoistureload.html
Scope of Project
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housing;
humidity;
indoor humidity
Geographic Coverage:
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United States of America
Time Period(s):
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2010 – 2010
Data Type(s):
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observational data
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