Conference Agenda

Session

CPS-1 Moisture and Durability (Principles)

Time:

Monday, 08/Dec/2025:

10:30am - 12:00pm

Session Chair: Graham Finch, RDH Building Science

Location: Beach & Gulf Banquet 200

Presentations

Comparative Evaluation of the VTT Mold Index Model and the DR SIM Model for Moisture Risk Assessment

Samuel V. Glass¹, Robert Lepage², Natalia Farkas¹, Samuel L. Zelinka¹

¹USDA Forest Products Laboratory, United States of America; ²Climes Group Engineering, Inc., Canada

Moisture Design Periods for Hygrothermal Simulations: Addressing Durability Challenges in Swedish Building Assemblies

Assad Mohammad Tahir, Akram Abdul Hamid, Petter Wallentén, Jesper Arfvidsson

Lund University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Division of Building Physics, Lund 221 00, Sweden

Moisture Accumulation in a Thick-wall Assembly with an Exterior Air Barrier as a Result of Convective Air Movement in Cold Climates

Alison Conroy

University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

Degradation of EIFS Facades Dependent on Moisture Content of Masonry and Its Mitigation Measures

Henri Olak, Martin Talvik, Paul Klõšeiko, Simo Ilomets, Targo Kalamees

Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia