dc.contributor.author | Su, Bin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-28T21:21:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-28T21:21:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4302 | |
dc.description.abstract | The Auckland winter is rainy season. High indoor relative humidity is a major issue for Auckland housing indoor health conditions (Figure 1). According to international and national standards, the indoor relative humidity should be lower than 60% for indoor air quality [1-5]. Most of the health effects such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, mites, etc. have increases associate with very high indoor relative humidity (Figure 2). Maintaining indoor relative humidity between 40% and 60% can minimize the indirect health effects. The abundance of two major causes of allergy, mites and fungi in New Zealand housing, increase proportionately with average indoor relative humidity [6]. New Zealand has some of the highest levels of house dust mite allergens in the world [6]. Visible mould growth on indoor surfaces is a common problem in over 30% of New Zealand houses
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dc.language.iso | en | en_NZ |
dc.subject | Auckland, New Zealand | en_NZ |
dc.subject | building envelope | en_NZ |
dc.subject | indoor health | en_NZ |
dc.subject | insulation | en_NZ |
dc.subject | houses | en_NZ |
dc.subject | relative humidity | en_NZ |
dc.subject | indoor moisture control | en_NZ |
dc.title | R-values, humidity and health : case studies from Auckland Wellington | en_NZ |
dc.type | Conference Contribution - Oral Presentation | en_NZ |
dc.date.updated | 2018-03-15T13:30:02Z | |
dc.subject.marsden | 120202 Building Science and Techniques | en_NZ |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | Su, B. (2017, May). R-values, humidity and health: Case studies from Auckland Wellington. Paper presented at the Eco Design Advisors Conference Workshop, Wellington, New Zealand. | en_NZ |
unitec.publication.title | Eco Design Advisors Conference Workshop | en_NZ |
unitec.conference.title | Eco Design Advisors Conference Workshop | en_NZ |
unitec.conference.org | Auckland Council | en_NZ |
unitec.conference.org | Christchurch City Council | en_NZ |
unitec.conference.org | Dunedin City Council | en_NZ |
unitec.conference.org | Hamilton City Council | en_NZ |
unitec.conference.location | Wellington, New Zealand | en_NZ |
unitec.conference.sdate | 2017-05-01 | |
unitec.conference.edate | 2017-05-02 | |
unitec.peerreviewed | yes | en_NZ |
unitec.identifier.roms | 61315 | en_NZ |