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Bad experiences with construction quality, the energy crises of
1973 and 1979, complaints about "sick buildings", thermal,
acoustical, visual and olfactory discomfort, the need for good air
quality, the move towards more sustainability - all these have
accelerated the development of a field that, for a long time, was
hardly more than an academic exercise: building physics (in English
speaking countries sometimes referred to as building science). The
discipline embraces domains such as heat and mass transfer,
building acoustics, lighting, indoor environmental quality and
energy efficiency. In some countries, fire safety is also included.
Through the application of physical knowledge and its combination
with information coming from other disciplines, the field helps to
understand the physical phenomena governing building parts,
building envelope, whole buildings and built environment
performance, although for the last the wording "urban physics" is
used. Today, building physics has become a key player on the road
to a performance based building design. As with all engineering
sciences, building physics is oriented towards application, which
is why, after a first book on fundamentals of heat-air-moisture
transfer a second book examines performance rationale and
performance requirements. Outdoor and indoor climate conditions are
described and calculation values are discussed, the performance
concept is specified at the building level and at the building
envelope level, and heat-air-moisture material properties are
defined.
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