Impact of changes to building airtightness on HVAC costs

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 164-169

  Yuill, Grenville K ^a   Rioux, James A ^a   Flanders, Stephen N ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SERVICE LIFE;

AIR LEAKAGE; AIR RETARDER; BUILDING AIRTIGHTNESS; OPERATING COSTS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE BLAST;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 0031386133     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(1997)3:4(164)     Document Type: Article

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