Technical Commission 6 - Building Physics
General
The technical commission 6 "Building Physics" deals with all questions relating to building physics in connection with the restoration and modernisation of buildings. Current topics for the development of leaflets are:
- Hygrothermal dimensioning of timber constructions
- Determination of physical-chemical material and component properties
- Climate and climate stability in historical buildings
- Internal insulation in existing buildings
- Modelling of heat and moisture transport processes in components and entire buildings and the resulting ageing or weathering processes or damage mechanisms
- Air tightness in existing buildings - Requirements for planning and execution
- Technical drying of wet components
- Building thermography in stock
- Sound insulation and room acoustics in existing buildings
- Wall surface heatings
The members of the technical commission meet once a year for a unit meeting. At its present time, this takes place either in Weimar (WTA Sachverständigentag) or in Leipzig (Denkmal-Messe), following the annual event of the German national group.
Recommendations
The following recommendations have been published by the Technical Commission "Building Physics" :
| 6-1 Edition: 05.2002/D | A guide to hygrothermal computer simulations |
| 6-2 Edition: 12.2014/D | Simulation of Heat and Moisture Transfer |
| 6-2 Edition: 12.2014/E | Simulation of Heat and Moisture Transfer |
| 6-3 Edition: 04.2006/D | Calculative prognosis of mould growth risk |
| 6-4 Edition: 10.2016/D | Internal thermal insulation according to WTA I: planning guide |
| 6-5 Edition: 04.2014/D | Interior insulation according to WTA II: Evaluation of internal insulation systems with numerical design methods |
| 6-8 Edition: 08.2016/D | Assessment of humidity in timber constructions – simplified verifications and simulation |
| 6-9 Edition: 11.2015/D | Airtightness of buildings, Part 1: General principies of planning |
| 6-10 Edition: 11.2014/D | Airtightness of buildings, Part 2: Detailed planning and execution |
| 6-11 Edition: 12.2015/D | Airtightness of buildings, Part 3: Measuring Procedure |
| 6-12 Edition: 07.2011/D | Climate and climate stability in historic buildings |
| 6-15 Edition: 08.2013/D | Drying techniques for water saturated building elements, Part 1: General principles |
| 6-16 Edition: 01.2019/D | Drying techniques for water saturated building elements: Planning, execution and controling |
| 6-18 Edition: 02.2019/D | Infrared thermography for buildings |