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Long-Term Monitoring of the Indoor Environment in Two Apartments in Jordan
Almomani, QM; Almeida, MSF; Vicente, R; Eva BarreiraBuildings are responsible for more than 40% of the world's energy consumption, with heating and cooling being the primary contributors, resulting in up to one-third of total greenhouse gas emissions. The residential sector accounts for a quarter of global electricity consumption, and in the Arab Mashreq and Maghreb countries, residential buildings consume around 41% of the total electricity, mainly for heating ...
Assessing Moisture Content Using Infrared Thermography: Preliminary Results
Dafico, L; Eva Barreira; Neves, D; Vicente, R; Almeida, MSFMoisture is one of the main causes of defects in buildings, compromising not only the durability of materials and components, but also the indoor comfort and health conditions of users. Infrared thermography (IRT) is a technique that has great potential for mapping humidity in buildings but quantitative criteria that correlate differences in surface temperatures with the moisture content are lacking. This paper...