Briefly reviews definitions of airtightness, sources of leakage in buildings and describes the "blower door" method of measuring air leakage. Describes typical results obtained, names and addresses of some manufacturers of blower doors and the difficulty in relating air leakage results to air infiltration rates. Briefly discusses other methods of testing for airtightness.
Testing for airtightness.
Year:
1982
Bibliographic info:
Energy Design Update Sep-Oct 1982 p.8-13