Part Ⅰ Materials Chapter 1 Bamboo as a Building Material 1.1 Bamboo and bamboo construction 1.2 Hygrothermal issues 1.3 Hygrothermic research status on bamboo and bamboo construction 1.4 Building hygrothermal model Chapter 2 Hygrothermal Properties of Bamboo 2.1 Hygrothermal properties test on bamboo 2.2 Basic properties test results 2.3 Hygric properties test results 2.4 Thermal properties test results 2.5 Data sheet 2.6 Discussion on the index「liquid water open porosity」 Chapter 3 Hygrothermal Damage and Protection on Bamboo 3.1 Types of bamboo damages and protection challenges 3.2 Hygrothermal protection 3.3 Study on mould growth of bamboo 3.4 Discussion on hygrothermal protection of bamboo and bamboo construction Part Ⅱ Construction Chapter 4 Climate Adaptive Bamboo Construction 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Methods 4.3 Bamboo construction design optimization:construction arrangement 4.4 Bamboo construction design optimization:material selection 4.5 Summary Chapter 5 Impact of Driving Rain 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Method 5.3 Impact of driving rain on the annual hygrothermal performance 5.4 Impact of driving rain on the thermal performance in July 5.5 Discussion 5.6 Summary Chapter 6 Comparison with Reference Timber Construction 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Comparison with reference timber units: material property 6.3 Comparison with reference timber units: construction performance 6.4 Discussion 6.5 Summary Part Ⅲ Climate Data Chapter 7 Hygrothermal Reference Year for Guangzhou 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Method 7.3 Generation of HRY 7.4 Assessment on the representativeness of HRY 7.5 Summary Chapter 8 Test Reference Year for South China 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Method 8.3 Generation of TRY 8.4 Assessment on the representativeness of TRY
8.5 Impact analysis of meteorological elements on building energy consumption 8.6 Summary Acknowledgements References Terminologies and Abbreviations Annex Annex Tables Annex Figures Postscript
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