Journal of Korean Institute of Architectural Sustainable Environment and Building Systems ISSN:1976-6483(Print) 2586-0666(Online) 한국건축친환경설비학회논문집

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the condensation prevention performance around the apartment built-in furniture applying vent-type moldings. Recently, condensation and mold problems in apartments have been growing due to the high thermal insulation and air-tightness for energy saving. The considerable amount of moisture generated by various indoor activities such as drying clothes, cooking, and taking a shower in a living space is more likely to cause condensation in apartments, and thus spaces fitted with built-in furnitures are exposed to condensation more frequently. In this study, thermal environment around the built-in furniture with vent-type moldings was measured in actual apartment from January 3 to March 5, 2019, in order to find out the location of vents effective for preventing condensation. As results, the condensation prevention performance was better when the vents were placed on both the bottom and side or both the top and bottom of the front moldings than on the back board of the built-in furniture. The proposed design will be useful to mitigate condensation in spaces fitted with built-in furnitures.