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The 5th AIVC Conference - The implementation and effectiveness of air infiltration standards in buildings was held in Reno, Nevada, US, 1-4 October 1984.

Contains 24 papers. 

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The influence of climate and ventilation system on airtightness requirements.

Air infiltration typically accounts for a third of the energy loss in a heated building. The driving forces for natural air infiltration are wind and…

Blomsterberg A, Lundin L.
A consequence analysis of new Norwegian building regulations on air infiltration.

In 1981 Norwegian building regulations introduced quantitative requirements to air leakages in different types of buildings. The requirements were formed as…

Uvslokk S, Vik B.
IEA Annex IX 'Minimum Ventilation Rates' - Survey and Outlook.

Eleven countries are cooperating to establish guidelines for minimum ventilation rates which are sufficiently large to meet the demand for outdoor air in…

Trepte L.
Measured and building code values of air change rates in residential buildings.

Since 1970 measurements of air change rate have been carried out in about one thousand buildings by the Swedish Institute for Building Research (SIB). In…

Boman C A, Lyberg M D.
Air flow calibration of building pressurization devices.

Describes a calibration technique to relate the air flow rate through a blower door to the fan speed and pressure difference across the door. To obtain an…

Persily A.K.
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