Sentences with phrase «enclosure air leakage»
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Total apartment enclosure air leakage performance was assessed by testing apartments in a fully unguarded configuration, that is, with neighboring apartments open to the exterior.
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by driving inward air leakage through the enclosure, outdoor air may transport moisture into the enclosure during hot humid outdoor weather conditions
Air Sealing: The design infiltration rate is 2.5 in2 leakage area 100 ft2 of enclosure area.
Builders have to do all the items on the Thermal Enclosure Rater Checklist, but they don't have to meet any particular threshold for air leakage if they're using what ENERGY STAR calls the performance path.
Improved energy efficiency building enclosures generally means an increase in R - value and reduced air leakage, which commonly reduces the drying potential of wall assemblies.