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A preliminary test was carried out to assess where, in a façade, was surface condensation more severe: near the corners or in the middle of the wall. The test was performed on a building located in the University of Porto campus. Devices were set up on the North façade covered with ETICS of a technical building located close to the Building Physics Laboratory weather station, which collected the necessary climate data for this study.
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Barreira, E., de Freitas, V.P. (2016). Experimental Studies on Hygrothermal Behaviour of ETICS. In: External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS). SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20382-9_2
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