Air permeability measurements of dwellings and building components in Portugal

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2480-2489

  Pinto, M ^a   Viegas, J ^b   de Freitas, V P ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ACH50; Air flow; Air permeability; Building components; Dwellings; Ventilation systems

Indexed keywords

ACH50; AIR CHANGE RATES; AIR FLOW; AIR PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; DWELLINGS; HYGROTHERMAL; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MECHANICAL EXTRACTION; MINIMUM VALUE; PERMEABILITY TEST; PORTUGAL; RISK OF CONDENSATION; VENTILATION DEVICE; VENTILATION SYSTEMS; WINDOW FRAMES;

AIR QUALITY; APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDING COMPONENTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

AIR PERMEABILITY;

AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR; PERMEABILITY; VENTILATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 79960914935     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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