Indoor mould risk calculation

Question

Hello, 
 I have an interest in indoor environmental mould risk calculations. 
 If there is a subject matter expert in this community or suggestions where I might find resources about it, I'd be grateful for a reach out or pointers. 
 
 thanks, 
 Frances McLean

mapj1 · Accepted Answer

certainly you should be able to - the humidity is most important, and that is affected by temperature as that relates to condensation risk, but ideally also you need to have ventilation rate information or a model - or you will be identifying all 65% plus humidity areas in a building as being at risk, not just those with a lack of air changes or warm temperature.. 
 
 See https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/mold-risk-kpis as an example

Sparkingchip · Answer

I have a Extech IRT600 Daul Laser Infrared Thermometer with Humidity and Dew Point test meter. 
 Extech Instruments is a Flir company, the tester is now obsolete and I can&rsquo;t see what, if anything, they have replaced it with. It is literally point and test, with a screen displaying information and a traffic light green, amber and red indicator lamp above it. 
 The tester gives a quick and clear visual indication of where black mould may develop, particularly in corners of rooms and helps to explain black mould issues to people. 
 https://www.coleparmer.co.uk/i/extech-irt600-dual-laser-infrared-thermometer-with-humidity-and-dew-point-12-1/8653108 
 
 It is part of the Domestic Ventilation testing kit I have, along with an air flow anemometer and moisture meter. 
 I have a couple of books, but I can only find one at the moment, the Dri-Eaz Restorative Drying manual, a good general reference, but over sixty quid second hand on Amazon, reference books are expensive! 
 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Restorative-Drying-Dri-Eaz-Education/dp/0977670104 
 Best of all, one of my neighbours was the National Franchise Manager for an insurance remediation company and he was a great source of information, if he didn&rsquo;t know the answer to questions about drying buildings out after floods and leaks, and preventing black mould developing in the meantime, he knew someone who did, but unfortunately he has now retired

Sparkingchip · Answer

Somewhere, I have this book, Amazon can remember me buying it, but I have not been able to find it yet.

Sparkingchip · Answer

I didn&rsquo;t find anything with a worked example yesterday evening, but looking online I see that Knauf now have an Online Condensation Risk Calculator. 
 www.knaufinsulation.co.uk/.../knauf-insulation-launches-first-online-condensation-risk-tool

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