Explainer

Basics of the Psychrometric Chart

In high-performance buildings, we have to manage energy and moisture with equal intensity. The psychrometric chart shows us how.

In high-performance buildings, we have to manage energy and moisture with equal intensity. The psychrometric chart helps us understand how they are linked and gives us key data points for managing moisture. Using just the vertical temperature lines, the horizontal humidity lines, and the curved relative humidity lines, we can do two important things.

Published July 30, 2012

Yost, P., & Melton, P. (2012, July 30). Basics of the Psychrometric Chart. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/explainer/basics-psychrometric-chart