Sentences with phrase «airtightness result»

The building achieved an airtightness result of 0.43 ACH, comfortably within the target for passive buildings, and has a space heating demand of 15 kWh / m2 / yr.

Meanwhile Darren O'Gorman of Target Zero says the final airtightness result of 0.99 air changes per hour is impressive for such a complicated project.

An airtightness result of below 1 ACH at 50 Pascals is not a nice - to - have.

Not exact matches

A building's airtightness test result isn't just an indicator of its energy efficiency — it's an unambiguous indicator of build quality.

The final airtightness test recorded a result of 0.77 ACH at 50 Pascals — well within the Enerphit threshold.

Putting aside concerns about some of the assumptions in Deap — for instance assuming air permeability of homes without airtightness test results, when the evidence indicates that homes built in the second half of the 20th century may be much leakier than pre-war homes — HPAI's SEAI liaison officer John O'Shaughnessy said: «Deap is the preferred tool of the department and has proven to work on a lot of social and fuel poor energy upgrades in the past.»

Airtightness: NSAI certified result of 1.88 ACH @ + / - 50Pa or 2.15 m ³ / m ² / hr @ 50 pa Thermal bridging: 2011 TGD Part (L) Acceptable Construction Details

Optimal results are achieved by assisting your builder on site, ensuring unbroken continuity of insulation, thermal bridge control, airtightness and wind - tightness from phase to phase.

The building scored an impressive airtightness test result of 0.5 air changes per hour at 50 Pascals — a score that not only blitzes the requirement for Enerphit (the passive house standard for retrofit), but comfortably beats the new build passive house target of 0.6 ACH too.

Though the building wasn't designed as a passive house, careful attention to airtightness using Ampack's range of tapes and membranes, with particular attention paid to key junctions such as windows, chased walls and a counterbattened service void in ceilings, leading to an impressive pressure test result of 0.48 ACH.

The worst airtightness test result on completion was 0.812 ACH at 50 Pa..

On phase two however, the airtightness strategy was exemplary, and delivered results as low as 0.29 ACH — among the best results ever achieved in this country — ably assisted by experienced airtightness contractor Roman Szypura of Clioma House.

The project blitzed the airtightness target of under 2 ACH — nine of the homes came in at less than 0.534 ACH, and the worst recorded result was 0.812.