Blower Door Testing- Page 2 of 2
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Understanding R- and Other Values
You have to pay attention to the numbers, but first you have to know what the numbers mean
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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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Blower Door Testing at the New ASHRAE Headquarters
A behind-the-scenes look at measuring air leakage in a 66,700-sq.-ft. building
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Deep Dive into Blower Door Testing
Peter Yost interviews Collin Olson from The Energy Conservatory and learns about the blower door equation exponent, depressurization vs. pressurization, using sound to assess air leakage, and more
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Minisplit in an Unconditioned Attic
To solve an air conditioning problem, a contractor proposes to put two units in an unconditioned attic
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Understanding Blower Door Tests
Blower door tests reveal the rate of air leakage in and out of a home