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This page lists the Proceedings (titles and abstracts) of the 10th International BUILDAIR Symposium, held on March 31/ April 1, 2017 in Hannover, Germany.

Contains 28 titles and abstracts. 

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Airtight Buildings, Thermography and Ventilation Systems in Practice

The book of proceedings of the 10th International BUILDAIR Symposium "Airtight Buildings, Thermography and Ventilations Systems in Practice",  held on…

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New developments in the field of airtightness measurements and airtightness designs in Switzerland

Purpose of the work

I have already talked about the issue of airtightness designs in Swiss standards at the Buildair Conference in…

Michael Wehrli
Methods for measuring and analyzing leakages

Purpose of the work

Based on the results of the FLiB e.V. research project „Evaluation of leakages in airtight layers –…

Wilfried Walther
The significance of leakages – Problems of evaluation and recommendations for action. Results from the FLiB research project

Purpose of the work

Airtightness/air permeability are inseparable from leakages and their detection, categorization, or evaluation.…

Klaus Vogel
Leakage detection using thermography – Results with different camera systems

Purpose of the work

Presentation of the advantages of leakage detection using thermography. Which camera systems are suitable for…

Benjamin Standecker
The natural pressure differential – Wind infiltration. Results from a long-term measurement

Purpose of the work

The pressure differential at the building envelope results from wind pressure and thermal lift. European and…

Oliver Solcher, Stefanie Rolfsmeier, Paul Simons
The status quo of airtight building in Germany

Purpose of the work

What is the status quo of airtight building in Germany? Are we well on our way or still far from the target? What…

Oliver Solcher
Decentralized ventilation system versus (the lack of) building airtightness

Purpose of the work

By way of practical examples, the presentation shows that decentralized ventilation systems do neither make…

Erik Schütze
The airtight cistern – A blessing or a curse?

Purpose of the work

Over the past years, the industry has launched a great number of products facilitating the airtight installation…

Thomas Runzheimer
Ductwork and envelope leakage diagnostic, impact analysis and improvements in an airport control tower

Purpose of the work

In an air traffic control tower, conditions for thermal comfort are crucial as the task of air traffic control…

Fabrice Richieri, Bassam Moujalled, Emmanuel Nicolle
Air-flow and airtightness measurements of centralized ventilation systems

Purpose of the work

Many ventilation systems do not work efficiently, because their airflow rates have not been correctly adjusted…

Theo Reuter
Components permeability (q50) by means of in-situ blowerdoor tests

Purpose of the work

The overall buildings leakage results from the sum of the individual contribution of its components. Quantifying…

Nuno M. M. Ramos, Ricardo M.S.F. Almeida, Eva Barreira, Pedro F. Pereira
Airtightness of multifunctional tapes

For several years, multifunctional tapes have increasingly been used for the airtight installation of windows in new buildings or renovation projects. The…

Søren Peper, Tim Huyeng
Zonal pressure testing of a dwelling and leakage evaluation – Experience with the thermal anemometer

Purpose of the work

To describe the effectiveness of the thermal anemometer device in assisting airtightness testers to evaluate…

Gavin Ó Sé
Repeatability of airtightness test results in laboratory conditions

The information about uncertainly is essential to correct interpretation of any measurement. Therefore, several authors investigated the reproducibility and…

Jiří Novák
The impact of leakages – Simulation calculations Results from the FLiB research project

Purpose of the work

To analyze the impact of different leakages in buildings by way of simulations.

Method of approach…

Victor Norrefeldt, Andrea Burdack-Freitag, Gunnar Grün
Developing of large building testing in Baltic countries

The purpose of the article is to introduce the condition of airtightness measurement market of large buildings in the Baltic states and in some European…

Andrejs Nitijevskis
Assessment of airflow measurement uncertainty at terminal devices

Purpose of the work

European standards or specific programmes rules describe ventilation airflow measurements at terminal devices…

Adeline Bailly Mélois, Isabelle Caré, François Rémi Carrié
Improvement of buildings envelope airtightness in France: analysis of about 90,000 measurements performed by certified operators

Purpose of the work

Since 2008 in France, all measurement of building envelope airtightness performed according to the EP-regulations…

Adeline Bailly Mélois, Gaëlle Guyot, Valérie Leprince
545.000 m3 BlowerDoor test in Madrid

Purpose of the work

Involve constructors and administration in the importance of BlowerDoor Test in large buildings.

Sergio Melgosa Revillas
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