Sentences with phrase «air tightness of»

While the air tightness of cellulose insulation is significantly better than some other common cavity fill insulation, it's thermal performance still depends on independent air sealing components and details.

As part of the testing requirement, each home was blower door tested to measure the air tightness of the enclosure.

Final air tightness of 1.0 ach50 was achieved after extensive testing and leak fixing at various details, namely the joist pockets in the party walls.

Not exact matches

I think the air - tightness of the wrappers likely kept them green.

He remembers long days at the beach, the tang of the sea air and the tightness of his skin after a day of salt and sand.

«It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and nighttime or early morning coughing that can be set off by indoor or outdoor air pollution.

These are assembled into lightweight hollow cassettes like big bricks of Lego, which can be filled with recycled newspaper to achieve a high level of insulation and air tightness.

If you are going to get anywhere near the air tightness standard demanded of the Passivhaus certification, which is only 0.6 air changes per hour, you need to seal the gap between the units perfectly and have special tapes covering the joint.

But LaneFab uses the same Passivehouse windows and doors and levels of insulation, and tries for the same level of air tightness.

The performance of the building fabric - insulation, air tightness, and heat recovery ventilation - plays a vital role not expensive and unproven technology.

The testing assessed thermal insulation quality by infrared imaging, building envelope and air distribution system air - tightness by fan pressurization and tracer gas, pressure effects inside the house due to interactions of the air distribution system, calculated versus measured building load coefficients by co-heating, and building thermal decay by cool - down.

Outside to inside: Open vinyl mesh, 6» mineral wool, 7.5» cellulose inside existing 2x8 floor joists, 3/4» taped plywood or Henry's Blueskin on top of existing rabbeted fir subfloor for air tightness.

New home or Passive House that will be at a high level of air - tightness and low heat loss, needs ventilation.

(4) Shaw, C.Y. and Tamura, G.T.; Studies on Exterior Wall Air Tightness and Air Infiltration of Tall Buildings, ASHRAE Transactions, Vol 82, 1976.

The design metrics for Passive House that you most frequently hear about are quantification of the energy performance and air - tightness necessary for achieving Passive House Certification.

«If you fail air tightness, you're simply not going to get the rest of it right.»

It calls for a reduction in thermal bridges, improved air tightness, high quality windows and a LOT of insulation, resulting in energy savings of between 75 and 90 %.

The two - storey house was opened last year and since then the group has been monitoring it for sustainability in a number of different areas such as insulating properties, humidity levels, air tightness and sound insulation qualities.

Danny Parker's paper4 found that «the Passivhaus concept risks overinvestment in conservation if a point is reached in the optimization process where adding solar electricity is a lower cost option than adding the next unit of insulation or air tightness.»

The sheeting is made for air to pass through so you wont have any problem and the tightness of the pattern may not show the existing vent through the holes when looking at it so your wall remains pristine under the faux fireplace.:)