Abstract
Housing issues constitute a growing research area due to changes of building features and the use of technologically advanced material and devices in homes. Thus, housing-related research needs to be conducted in order to improve the living conditions in houses. This research explored the interactions of temperature and relative humidity in three contiguous housing environments (indoor, outdoor, and crawl spaces) to analyze and evaluate common housing issues. To achieve this goal, the design, development, and verification of a Housing Elements Research Chamber (HERC) by means of a monitoring and control system was tested. The monitoring and control system used sensors to continuously monitor temperature and relative humidity under different conditions. This study used the HERC to simulate housing conditions within the crawl space in order to determine the appropriateness of using different moisture-removal methods to improve housing conditions. Results showed that the use of temperature and relative humidity sensors as part of a monitoring and control system provided adequate tools to study the climate interactions between different environments in a house. Furthermore, findings indicated that the use of multiple moisture-removal methods is a desired solution to improve housing conditions.
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