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Publications in Scientific Journals:

D. Tudiwer, A. Korjenic:
"The effect of an indoor living wall system on humidity, mould spores and CO2-concentration";
Energy and Buildings, 146 (2017), 73 - 86.



English abstract:
This paper shows the investigation of a living wall system inside a classroom. Humidity, temperature andthe CO2-concentration were measured in two classrooms with the same volume. One of the classroomsis equipped with a living wall system. Air temperature and relative air humidity were investigated for10 months including summer and winter months. In winter the increased relative air humidity of thegreened classroom improved the comfort level. In summer mould spores were also investigated in theclassrooms and outdoor. Spores from Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus versicolor, Alternaria and otherwere found, but the concentration of the mould spores in the greened classroom was below the mouldspores concentration in the not greened classroom or outside. The volume of the mass of the plants isabout 1 % of the classroom´ıs volume. But still a small CO2-reduction because of the plants was measured.

Keywords:
Indoor greening, Mould, Indoor climate, Air comfort, Air humidity


"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.04.048


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