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STP 1067 Air Change Rate and Airtightness in Buildings M.H.Sherman,editor ASTM 1916 Race Street Philadelphia,PA 19103 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Air change rate and airtightness in buildings/M.H.Sherman,editor.(STP:1067)Papers presented at a symposium sponsored by ASTM Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Constructions and its Subcommittee E06.41 on Infiltration Performances and held in Atlanta,Georgia,Apr.16-17,1989.Includes bibliographies and index.ASTM publication code number(PCN)04-010670-10-T.p.verso.ISBN 0-8031-1451-6 1.Buildings-Heating and ventilation-Congresses.2.Buildings-Airtightness-Congresses.I.Sherman,Max Howard.II.ASTM Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Constructions.III.ASTM Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Constructions.Subcommittee E06.41 on Infiltration Performances.IV.Series:ASTM special technical publication:1067 TH7005.A37 1989 697-dc20 89-18598 CIP Copyright?9 by AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS 1990 NOTE The Society is not responsible,as a body,for the statements and opinions advanced in this publication.Peer Review Policy Each paper published in this volume was evaluated by three peer reviewers.The authors addressed all of the reviewers comments to the satisfaction of both the technical editor(s)and the ASTM Committee on Publications.The quality of the papers in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors and the technical editor(s),but also the work of these peer reviewers.The ASTM Committee on Publications acknowledges with appreciation their dedication and contribution of time and effort on behalf of ASTM.Printed in Chelsea,MI March 1990 Foreword This publication,Air Change Rate and Airtightness in Buildings,contains papers presented at the symposium of the same name held in Atlanta,Georgia on 16-17 April 1989.The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Construc-tions and its Subcommittee E06.41 on Infiltration Performances.M.H.Sherman,Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory,presided as symposium chairman and was editor of this publication.Contents Overview TRACER GAS TECHNIQUES Tracer Gas Measurement Systems Compared in a Multifamily Building-D.T.HARRJE,R.N.DIETZ,M.SHERMAN,D.L.BOHAC,T.W.DOTTAVIO,AND D.J.DICKERHOFF Discussion A Numerical Investigation of the Constant Tracer Flow Teclmique-P.L.LAGUS AND K.-H.LIE Discussion Measuring Airflow Rates with Pulse Tracer Techniques-A.K.PERSILY AND J.AXLEY Discussion Air Change Measurements of Five Army Buildings in Aiaska-s.N.FLANDERS AIR EXCHANGE RATE MEASUREMENTS The Users Influence on Air Change-8.KVISGAARD AND P.F.COLLET Discussion The Relation of CO2 Concentration to Office Building VentilationmA.PERSILY AND W.S.DOLS Discussion The Northwest Residential Infiltration Survey:A Field Study of Ventilation in New Homes in the Pacific Northwest-G.8.PARKER,M.McSORLEY,AND J.HARRIS Comparison of Methods for the Measurement of Air Change Rates and lnterzonal Airflows to Two Test Residences-R.c.FORTMANN,N.L.NAGDA,AND H.E.RECTOR RESIDENTIAL AIRTIGHTNESS Results of a Pre-Field Measurement Program Fan Pressurization Comparative Test-D.L.HADLEY Discussion 5 20 21 30 31 51 53 67 76 77 92 93 104 121 130 The Effects of Wind on Residential Building Leakage Measurements-M.P.MODERA AND D.J.WILSON Discussion Fan Door Testing on Crawl Space Buildings-T.BRENNAN,B.PYLE,A.WILLIAMSON,F.BALZER,AND M.OSBORNE Discussion Air Leakage Tests of Manufactured Housing in the Northwest United States-C.W.EK,S.A.ONISKO,AND G.O.GREGG Air Leakage Measurements in Dwellings in TurkeymA.H.TANRIBILIR,R.OSKAY,AND C.YENER 132 145 146 151 152 165 MULTIZONE LEAKAGE Investigation of a Fan-Pressurization Technique for Measuring lnterzonal Air Leakage-M.P.MODERA ANn M.K.HERRLIN Discussion Airtightness Survey of Row Houses in Calgary,Alberta-J.A.LOVE Airtightness Measurements in Two UK Office Buildings-i.PERERA,R.K.STEPHEN,AND R.G.TULL Methods for Measuring Air Leakage in High-Rise Apartments-c.-Y.SHAW,S.GASPARETTO,AND J.T.REARDON Simple Test Method for Evaluating Exterior Wall Airtightness of Tall Office Buildings-s.HAYAKAWA AND S.TOGARI 183 193 194 211 222 231 COMPARISON OF TECHNIQUES Measurement of Airtightness,Air Infiltration,and Indoor Air Quality in Ten Detached Houses in Sendal,Japan-H.YOSHINO,M.NAGATOMO,Y.YAMAMOTO,H.MATSUMOTO,AND Y.UTSUMI Discussion Comparison of Different Methods for Airtightness and Air Change Rate Determination-M.8.NANTKA Airtightness Characteristics of Electrically Heated Houses in the Residential Standards Demonstration Program-D.s.PARKER Discussion Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centres Guide to Air Exchange Rate and Airtightness Measurement Techniques-P.s.CHARLESWORTH Indexes 249 266 267 283 293 295 305 Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);Tue Dec 15 23:30:25 EST 2015Downloaded/printed byUniversity of Washington(University of Washington)pursuant to License Agreement.No further reproductions authorized.STP1067-EB/Mar.1990 Overview Air infiltration