Fifth annual report on the Alberta home heating research facility: results of the 1983-84 heating season.

Ackerman M Y; Dale J D; Forest T W; et al.

Ackerman M Y, Dale J D, Forest T W, et al.

air change rate, air leakage, energy consumption, gas stove, retrofit, pressurization

Year:

1984

Bibliographic info:

Departmental Report Number 48. Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, 1984. 61p. 26 figs, 8 tabs, 8 refs. #DATE 00:12:1984 in English

The Alberta Home Heating Facility has been used over a five year period to attempt to understand the effects of retrofit procedures on the house structure as a whole. The percentage of total energy attributable toinfiltration is calculated, and the influence of furnaces on natural infiltration rates is discussed. Results of blower tests are given for the six modules and compared with measured infiltration rates.

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