Many substantial building problems (including health problems) are caused by excessive or insufficient moisture. And yet we have very little research in the UK on moisture in buildings, a lack of good guidance, and minimal public and industry understanding. The UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings has been set up to address these issues.
Congratulations to @harrypaticas, co-chair of our Technical Working Group on Moisture in Existing Buildings and Retrofit, for his MBE. Very well deserved!
The last round of tests in our @beisgovuk funded research aiming to find the potential of waterproofed #cavitywalls to receive #insulation under #WDR! Can’t wait to complete post processing data from this exciting piece of work 🤩 @CEGE_UCL @UCL_IEDE @HereEast
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@marianneheaslip @MarkSiddallRIBA @EsTresidder @AECBnet @acarchitects @building_life_ @MyHomebuilding @ukcmb 's 4 C's are useful: Context, Capacity, Coherence, Caution.
Our commercial director Colin King @BRE_Group and technical manager Valentina Marincioni @UCL_IEDE are contributing to the CPD on energy renovation of traditional buildings organised by @CarrigINT and @HeritageHubIRE
I'm in Dublin at @CarrigINT CPD on energy renovation of traditional buildings. I'll soon speak about risks and challenges of retrofitting traditional solid walls, and how the 4Cs (in the @ukcmb white paper) can support a principle-based approach.
A new guide recently published by the UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings (@UKCMB) and supported by @NHBCFoundation gives homeowners much-needed guidance on understanding #moisture in newly built homes. http://www.nhbc.co.uk/media-centre/articles/pressreleases/top-tips-prevent-moisture-new-build-homes/ #construction #constructionnews #MondayWisdom