ABSTRACT
This article summarises two simulation studies done within the research project IN SUM AT, funded by the European Commission. The first is a study of the influence of material parameters on the desired performance of capillary-active insulation, while the material properties were changed in different steps of simulation. The investigation delivers predications about the limits of physical properties that can provide a sufficient thermal insulation at a low level of moisture accumulation. The second study is a practical application as part of the circle of material optimisation carried out within the research project. The properties of newly developed materials were determined in the laboratories for input to simulation programmes. Then the material performance under specified conditions could be predicted and the material producers were provided with information about success of their new developments. The process of material development could be optimised in this way.
