Microclimate of traditional steam bath

Date: 2025-01-08, 21:00
Organizer : Lithuanian Bath Academy

The traditional steam bath is one of mankind's earliest inventions, allowing homo sapiens sapiens to inhabit areas where the temperature is below freezing for most of the year and where the water needed for life cannot naturally remain in a liquid state, turning into ice. Fortunately, man has learnt to harness the renewable energy of burning wood, storing it in stones and using it for his own purposes. In essence, the sauna is a heat accumulator, a microclimatic oasis of "paradise" and a sanctuary, which has allowed for the performance of all the procedures that are culturally relevant, from the cleanliness of the body to complex social rituals.

The microclimate of the sauna must not be "good" in itself, but must be in line with the way people feel in the sauna, including the "do no harm" principle. In many saunas it is possible to create a good microclimate, but it is not the same as the effort and time spent. Creating a microclimate starts with an understanding of what it should be. What should the sauna atmosphere be? What is an "atmospheric sauna"? What are the most efficient heating methods and how do they affect people? All of these questions are relevant to both the consumer of a gourmet sauna and the steam facilitator - the sauna operator.

Many people are used to controlling the indoor climate only by temperature. In a sauna, the other parameter - humidity - changes much more frequently and strongly. And we are there without clothes to protect us. These two facts alone are enough to "mess with your head".

Seminar content

The Sauna Microclimate seminar explains the basic concepts of the sauna atmosphere and the way people feel in a sauna, in a language that is understandable to all, but still basic.

Programme innovations

• Why do we rub salt in the sauna?
• Why is a wooden ceiling a good thing in a sauna?
• What ventilation does not work in a sauna?
• How is the microclimate measured in a sauna?
• How much hotter is "superheated steam"?
• How was the sauna born?

Construction Block Seminars Schedule

1. Sauna Maintenance and Care: January 7, 9 PM (registration open)
2. Sauna Microclimate: January 8, 9 PM (bulk registration only)
3. Understanding Sauna stoves: January 14, 9 PM (bulk registration only)
4. Sauna Construction, Planning and Building: January 15, 9 PM (bulk registration only)
5. Bonus webinar "Sauna Plan Analysis": January 28, 9 PM (free for participants of all other webinars)

Important Note:These webinars are part of the "Sauna Construction Expert" and "Professional Sauna Master" study programs. The introductory topic "Sauna Operation Basics" is also required for the "Family Sauna Master" course.

Bonus: Participation in the January 28 webinar is only for participants for all other webinars.

Important!

• Time. The time for all „construction webinars“ is 9 PM EET (Vilnius and Helsinki time) or 7 PM GMT (London and Dublin time).
• Records. All webinars will be recorded. If you are unable to attend some of the them or would like to watch them again, the recording will be available after the event. 

Theme covered

• Sauna microclimate

Rimas Kavaliauskas and Birute Masiliauskiene, authors of the book "Sauna", Lithuanian Bath Masters, intrrnational educators.