Hygrothermal simulation data of a living wall system for decentralized greywater treatment

Data Brief. 2021 Dec 27:40:107741. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107741. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Abstract

This dataset presents the numerical analysis of the heat and moisture transport through a facade equipped with a living wall system designated for greywater treatment. While such greening systems provide many environmental benefits, they involve pumping large quantities of water onto the wall assembly, which can increase the risk of moisture in the wall as well as impaired energetic performance due to increased thermal conductivity with increased moisture content in the building materials. This dataset was acquired through numerical simulation using the coupling of two simulation tools, namely Envi-Met and Delphin. This coupling was used to include the complex role the plants play in shaping the near-wall environmental parameters in the hygrothermal simulations. Four different wall assemblies were investigated, each assembly was assessed twice: with and without the living wall. The presented data include the input and output parameters of the simulations, which were presented in the co-submitted article (Alsaad et al., 2022).

Keywords: Coupling; Delphin; Envi-Met; Heat transport; Moisture transport.