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The design of building envelopes for durability, indoor environmental quality, and energy conservation should not create conditions of accelerated deterioration, reduced thermal performance, or proble...
REScheck implements Chapter 5 of the MEC and IECC which does not have any infiltration requirements.
Air Distribution System Design (173 kb)
Buildings that are more Central heating and cooling systems use an air distribution or duct system to circulate heated and/or cooled air to all the conditioned rooms in a house.
Air Distribution System Installation and Sealing (337 kb)Central heating and cooling systems use an air distribution or duct system to circulate heated and/or cooled air to all the conditioned rooms in a house.
Air and moisture leakage throught recessed ceiling light fixtures (48 KB)One conventional recessed ceiling light fixture loses between $5 and $30 per year worth of energy, and dumps about one-third gallon of condensed moisture daily into a cold (32°F) attic.
Building America System Performance Test Practices: Part 2, Air Exchange Measurements. (573 KB)This document outlines the current test practices used by NREL staff and contractors to quantify the air-exchange characteristics of homes built within the Building America Program.
Advanced Air Distribution Strategies Improve Performance of Palm Harbor Homes: Building America System Fact Sheet. (185 KB)Palm Harbor Homes (PHH), one of the nation's largest producers of manufactured homes, and Building America's Industrialized Housing Partnership have teamed together to develop airdistribution and duct...
Air SealingAir will leak through a building envelope that is not well prevent air leakage, it is important to seal the building sealed. This leakage of air decreases the comfort of a envelope during construction...
Air-tightness of US DwellingsBlower Doors are used to measure the air tightness and air leakage of building envelopes. As existing dwellings in the United States are ventilated primarily through leaks in the building shell (i.e.,...