Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings [Book] by John Krigger, John Krigger & Chris Dorsi - House & Home - Saturn Resource Management, Inc. (2004) - Paperback - 318 pages
Highest and lowest
Mid
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15
30
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False
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False
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Decreases
Increases
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Pressurized, neutral
Depressurized, neutral
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-3 to -5
-5 to -10
-15
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Outdoors
Indoors
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Maximum Ventilation Guideline
Minimum Ventilation Guideline
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0.53
0.45
0.35
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Air barrier
Insulation
Walls
Attic
Crawl space
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Windows
Doors
The building shell
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The buildings interior space is under more negative pressure.
The buildings interior space is under more positive pressure.
The neutral pressure plane is always in the middle and never moves up or down.
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Minimal
Average
Excessive
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True. Either one is very effective in providing the home with fresh air.
True. However air leakage is not desirable because it tends to over-ventilate the building in leaky zones and under ventilate in tighter zones.
False. Only whole house ventilation can provide adequate fresh air inside the home.
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Neutral zone
Neutral pressure zone
Neutral pressure plane
Zero pressure zone
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Leaves a lot of room for improvement.
Is hard to improve on.
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Closing primary windows and storm windows
Closing all interior doors
Disabling heaters and water heaters by turning down their thermostats.
Covering ashes in wood stoves and fireplaces with damp newspaper to prevent the ashes from being sucked into the home.
Shutting fireplace dampers, fireplace glass doors, wood stove dampers, wood stove air intakes.
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CFM
CFM25 per 100 square ft
CFM50 per100 square ft
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Windows
Doors
The building shell
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Climate
Number of occupants
Building height
Shielding o the building from trees
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Save energy
Increase comfort
Reduce vermin in the house
Enhance fire safety
Avoid moisture migration into building cavities.
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Compare rooms to one another by closing the door to a 1-inch-wide opening and feeling how much air is coming from each room.
Close interior doors one by one and measure the pressure difference between the home's main body and the room.
Open and close doors to rooms and note the effect on the blower door airflow.
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Standard concrete block
Spray on cellulose
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This is the minimum ventilation guideline set by ASHRAE is being met.
Whole house ventilation is recommended.
Carefully targeted air sealing should produce some energy savings.
Minimum ventilation guideline set by ASHRAE is not being met.
Thorough air sealing efforts should produce impressive energy savings.
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