Simulation of heat and moisture flow through walls covered with uncoated medium density expanded cork

Thus, the summer and winter conditions of Bragança (Portugal) and Seville (Spain) were selected to illustrate the hygrothermal behaviour of the walls. Different thicknesses of expanded cork were simulated. The results show that the impact of the short-term environment moisture variation is limited to the outer surface layers. It was also found that the moisture along the medium density expanded cork coated wall is only high when the outer moisture is high and remains high for a long period of time.