The Building Physics research group has access to the following research equipment for studying materials, structures and buildings:
Materials
- Heat flow meter instruments
- Test equipment for studying water vapor permeability
- Dynamic vapor sorption analyzer
- Vacuum chamber
- Pressure plate extractor
- Equipment of free water absorption
- Research equipment of air permeability
Structures
- Building physical research equipment for wall structures
- Building physical research equipment for roof structures
- Weathering action equipment of structures (upkeep by the research group for renovation and service life engineering of structures)
- Test buildings and a weather station
- Research hall
- Research shelter
Buildings
- Pressure test equipment
- Infrared camera
- Measuring loggers for different quantities
- Computer-controlled field measurement equipment
In building physical research the equipment and sensors measuring the following are used:
- Temperature
- Relative humidity
- Air pressure difference
- Air flow speed
- Air flow rate
- Heat flow rate
- Carbon dioxide content
- Wood moisture content
- Condensate
- Wind direction and speed
- Solar radiation
- Long-wave thermal radiation
- Precipitation
- Wind-driven rain
- Weight and density
The group has the equipment for calibrating the temperature, relative humidity and pressure difference sensors.