Infiltration in ASHRAE's residential ventilation standards

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 115 PART 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 887-896

  Max, Sherman ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Energy Performance of Buildings Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR LEAKAGE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; MINIMUM ENERGY COSTS; NEW APPROACHES; THEORETICAL APPROACH; WEATHER DATA;

AIR QUALITY; HEATING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; STANDARDS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 77950843151     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (27)

1. ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals, Ch 27, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers, 2005.
2. ASHRAE Standard 62.2, 2007, "Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings," American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA.
3. ASHRAE Standard 119, "Air Leakage Performance for Detached Single-Family Residential Buildings", American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers, 1988.
4. ASHRAE Standard 136. "A Method of Determining Air Change Rates in Detached Dwellings. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. (1993)
5. ASTM, Standard E1827-96, "Standard Test Methods for Determining Airtightness of Buildings Using an Orifice Blower Door", ASTM Book of Standards, American Society of Testing and Materials, Vol. 4(11), 2002.
6. ASTM, Standard E779-03, "Test Method for Determining Air Leakage by Fan Pressurization", ASTM Book of Standards, American Society of Testing and Materials, Vol. 4 (11), 2004.
7. Building Science Corporation. 2006. Analysis of Indoor Environmental Data. Building Science Corporation, Westford, MA.
8. EPA. 2001. Indoor Humidity Assessment Tool (IHAT) Reference Manual. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
9. HVI. 2005. Certified Home Ventilating Products Directory, Home Ventilating Institute. Wauconda, IL.
10. ICC 2005. "International Energy Conservation Code." International Code Council, Country Club Hills, IL.
11. McWilliams, J., Sherman M. 2005. "Review of Literature Related to Residential Ventilation Requirements". LBNL 57236. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
12. NREL, Typical Meteorological Year, http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old-data/ nsrdb/1991-2005/tmy3(2008)
13. Palmiter, L. and Bond, T., (1991), "Interaction of Mechanical Systems and Natural Infiltration", Proc. 12th AIVC Conference, Ottawa, Canada, September 1991. pp. 285-295.
14. Price, P.N. and M.H. Sherman "Ventilation Behavior and Household Characteristics in New California Houses," LBNL-59620. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Berkeley, CA.
15. Russell, M. Sherman, M.H. and Rudd, A. 2005. "Review of Residential Ventilation Technologies", LBNL 57730. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
16. Santamouris, M and Wouters, P., State of the Art on Ventilation for Buildings, (Santamouris & Wouters, Eds), James & James Science Publishers, London, 2005
17. Sherman, M.H., "Superposition in Infiltration Modeling," Indoor Air 2 101-114, 1992. LBL-29116.
18. Sherman, M. H. 2004. "Efficacy of Intermittent Ventilation for Providing Acceptable Indoor Air Quality" ASHRAE Trans. pp 93-101 Vol. 111 (I) 2006, LBNL 56292. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
19. Sherman M.H. and Maison N.E., "Residential Ventilation and Energy Characteristics", ASHRAE Transactions, Vol.103 (1), 1997, pp. 717-730.
20. Sherman, M.H. and Maison, N.E., 2002. "Air Tightness of New U.S. Houses: A Preliminary Report", Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL 48671. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
21. Sherman, M. and D. Dickerhoff, 1994 "Air-Tightness of U.S. Dwellings" In Proceedings, 15th AIVC Conference: The Role of Ventilation, Vol. 1, Coventry, Great Britain: Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre, pp. 225-234. (LBNL-35700)
22. th Conf, Thermal Perf, Ext Env of Buildings, LBNL-62078, (2007)
23. Sherman M.H. and Wilson D.J., "Relating Actual and Effective Ventilation in Determining Indoor Air Quality", Building and Environment, 21(3/4), pp. 135-144, 1986. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report No. LBL-20424
24. Walker, I.S. and Sherman, M.H. 2006. "Evaluation of Existing Technologies for Meeting Residential Ventilation Requirements", LBNL 59998. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
25. Wilson, D.J., and Walker, I.S., (1990), "Combining Air Infiltration and Exhaust Ventilation", Proc. Indoor Air '90, July 1990, Toronto, Canada, pp.467-472.
26. Yuill, G.K. "The variation of the effective natural ventilation rate with weather conditions", Renewable Energy Conference '86. Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. pp. 70-75, 1986.
27. Yuill, G.K. "The Development of a Method of Determining Air Change Rates in Detached Dwellings for Assessing Indoor Air Quality, ASHRAE Trans. 97(2), pp896-903, 1991.