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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. 

Volume content
A legal evaluation of leakages – Arguments beyond building physics

Purpose of the work

Leakages in the building envelope may cause severe damage to a building and thus inevitably become an issue not…

Ulf Köpcke
Recommendations for the optimal and lasting sealing of joints from a hygro-thermal perspective

Purpose of the work

Windows according to the Passive House Standard 2016 require a ten times more airtight airtightness class (EN…

Björn Kethorn
Individual and guard-zone measurements in apartment buildings - Measuring results

Purpose of the work

With the German Energy Savings Regulation EnEV 2014 the legislators have qualified the requirements for large…

Andreas Kaschuba-Holtgrave, Angela Rohr, Stefanie Rolfsmeier, Oliver Solcher
The airtightness of clean rooms – the new VDI 2083/19

Purpose of the work

Presentation of the newly created standard VDI 2083/19 (VDI is the Association of German Engineers) for…

Daniel Jung
Planning and implementing airtightness with an airtightness design

According to the legal regulations and the rules of technology (as generally accepted) new buildings are to be constructed permanently airtight.

In…

Stefan Hückstädt
Quality standards of the Belgian Association for Airtightness Testing

Purpose of the work

To guarantee the reliability of airtightness measurements. 

Content of the contribution…

Roger Hoffmann
Impact of energy policies on building and ductwork airtightness

Purpose of the work

This paper aims at reviewing and analysing changes and developments in various countries on building and ductwork…

François Rémi Carrié, Valérie Leprince, Maria Kapsalaki
Airtightness in North America seen from Building Physics Viewpoint

Environmental control (heat, air and moisture flows and their effects) started 90 years ago on Prairies of Canada and USA. It has always been based on…

Mark Bomberg
Radon detection with a BlowerDoor – a report from experience

Purpose of the work

To expand the use of BlowerDoor and thermal equipment combined with Radon

Method of approach…

Hans Ananiassen
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