Blower Door Test
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Using a Blower-Door Test and Interpreting the Results
An introduction to the technology and calculations for measuring a home’s energy performance
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Wingnut Blower-Door Testing
The amount of air leakage allowed by code is an informational eye-opener
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Using a Blower Door for Zonal-Pressure Testing
By now, most of us working in the green-building industry know what a blower door is. It’s a tool to measure the air tightness of a house. I’ve owned my…
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Urban Rustic: The Blower Door Test
The painstaking efforts of building an airtight house pay off
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Flatrock Passive: Blower Door Test Comes up Roses
A methodical attention to detail helps the house meet the airtightness standard
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World’s Tightest House Is On the Market
The Dillingham, Alaska, home goes up for sale as its owners prepare for a move
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The Energy Conservatory’s New Blower Door Kit
TEC did its homework: its new blower door package is a truly engineered and integrated equipment system
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Building Enclosure Commissioning
What I learned from a University of Wisconsin course called “Commissioning Building Enclosure Assemblies and Systems”
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Blue Heron EcoHaus: Blower Door Testing
The owners set what they think is an ambitious but realistic goal for airtightness
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Testing Air Leakage in Multifamily Buildings
In large residential buildings, blower door testing of individual apartments often makes more sense than testing the entire building
