Sentences with phrase «first airtightness»

Ultimately all of the forethought and planning proved its worth, and the house got 0.3 air changes per hour on its first airtightness test, and 0.4 on its final test.

The first airtightness test has taken place at phase three of the Silken Park development at Citywest, which is set to be Ireland's largest residential passive house scheme.

Not exact matches

Along with a much wider ecological agenda, the house employed fabric first principles of insulation and airtightness, and met passive house design targets at a time when the standard was still in its infancy in the UK.

At first glance that temperature difference between Part L1A and passive house might not seem much, but when you consider that the latter also ensures warmer surfaces (achieved through better U-values in opaque elements as well as windows), greatly reduced thermal bridges and some 20 times better levels of airtightness, the comfort levels provided by the two approaches are, frankly, worlds apart.

Carty was so impressed with the first systems he installed in Celbridge, he actually retrofitted MVHR into his own bungalow — a house built 27 years ago without any airtightness measures.

1 Oscar Baldry getting down to work in the old newsagent's shop; 2 laying Kingspan and Ecotherm insulation in the ground floor of the old shop; 3 first floor metal web joist detailing, with membrane behind the joists for airtightness; 4 ground floor walls feature 50 mm Xtratherm internal insulation; 5 this is followed inside by an Intello vapour control barrier and a further 25 mm Xtratherm; 6 the new timber frame first - floor twin - stud walls and roof rafters are of a fully breathable construction and full - filled with Warmcel cellulose insulation; 7 holes in the timber - frame where the Warmcel insulation was pumped in; 8 a pro clima Intello membrane on the inside of the first - floor walls and roof; 9 and finally, 50 mm Thermafleece (sheep wool) lined service cavity to the interior.

And the first step in answering how, is by specifically focusing on airtightness.