TightEN - ZEB-Laboratory - Temperature behind cladding

TightEN - ZEB-Laboratory - Temperature behind cladding
SINTEF Community - ABK

Description
To design test methods to ensure the performance of tapes and other products used in the ventilated air gap of buildings, more knowledge on the climatic conditions, especially temperature conditions, is needed. The recently finished ZEB Laboratory has been instrumented with thermocouples to monitor the temperature conditions in the air gap.

See the attached article from IBPC2021 for more information about the project.

Location
ZEB Laboratory building in Trondheim (N 63°24'51'', E 10°24'27''),

Methodology
The instrumentation took place during the construction phase of the building in the period November
2019 to February 2020, and the data logging began in August 2020. The air gap of the walls was
instrumented with thermocouples (type T) and measured using a Campbell Scientific CR1000 (accuracy
±0.5 °C and a range of -40 °C to 85 °C). At each location (see Figure 1 in attached paper), the temperature is measured at
three different positions of the air cavity: on the surface of the exterior air barrier (façade) or the surface
of the asphalt roof cover (roof), in the middle of the air gap, and on the rear face of the cladding or solar
panel.

Acknowledgement
The authors gratefully acknowledge the benevolence from the ZEB Laboratory (The Research Council of Norway Grant No 245663, www.zeblab.no). This study was funded by the project “TightEN - Durable adhesive airtight solutions for energy efficient building envelopes” by Research Council of Norway, grant No. 294894.

Description of data
Each file represents one month of measurements. Data is acquired every 15 minutes from all sensors. The measurement system is calibrated using a dry block calibrator. Timestamps are CET (UTC+1).
The naming of each column is "TXY-Z" where
X is facade (North, East, South, West or Roof)
Y is the position on the facade (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5)*
Z is the depth in the wall (1 - On the interior barrier, 2 - In the air gap, 3 - On the outer cladding)

*only on the North facade is there 5 positions.