HUD Monitoring of Internal Moisture Loads in Residential Buildings

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Version:  View help for Version V2

Name File Type Size Last Modified
HUD30_Final_Database.zip application/zip 109 MB 02/12/2025 11:36:AM
InternalMoistureLoad.pdf application/pdf 3.9 MB 02/12/2025 11:41:AM
ORNL_HUD_Moisture_Report.pdf application/pdf 21.6 MB 02/12/2025 11:36:AM

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], 2026-04-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219170V2

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HUD Monitoring of Internal Moisture Loads in Residential Buildings
Summary:  View help for Summary 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).

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Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/oth/internalmoistureload.html

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms housing; humidity; indoor humidity
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States of America
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2010 – 2010
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data


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