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The present paper addresses experiences with infiltration and ventilation in the Active House concept, based on the Active House Specification and realized Active Houses.
The preliminary Standard prEN16211 deals with methods, including method uncertainties for measuring air flow rates on site.
Measuring air flows and tightness of ventilation ductwork is compulsory in Sweden but not measuring air infiltration or building tightness which normally is done only in some research projects.
In this paper we present a series of leakage tests on extremely airtight dwellings (ACH50 < 0.6 upon completion) in which the durability of the airtightness and the measurement uncertainty invol