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Measurement of air leakage characteristics of house enclosures

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SubjectAir and vapour barriers; air leakages; heat losses; wood frame construction
Abstract
The heat loss associated with air leakage through the enclosure of a typical detached house may be as much as 40 percent of the total heat loss. It is essential, therefore, to be able to estimate this component of the heating load with reasonable precision. This paper describes a series of tests conducted on six wood-frame houses which established rates of overall air leakage and leakage through windows, doors, walls and ceilings, separately.
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  • ASHRAE Transactions 81, no. 1 (1975): 202–211.
NotePresented at the 1975 ASHRAE Semiannual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, USA, Jan 26-30, 1975
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
IdentifierDBR-RP-653
NRC numberNRCC 14950
NRC-IRC-3895
NPARC number20375862
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