Air-tightness field data for dwellings in Ireland

Building and Environment

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 269-275

  Sinnott, Derek ^a   Dyer, Mark ^b  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air tightness; Dwellings; Fan pressurisation; Measurements; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

AIRTIGHTNESS; BUILDING CONTROLS; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING PROFESSIONALS; DWELLINGS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; FIELD DATA; HIGH QUALITY; HOUSING STOCK; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INFORMED DECISION; INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; IRELAND; PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; PERMEABILITY TEST; RETROFIT;

AIR PERMEABILITY; APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDING CODES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEASUREMENTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH; RETROFITTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDINGS;

AIR PERMEABILITY; AIR QUALITY; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN METHOD; ENERGY USE; INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

IRELAND;

EID: 84055178470     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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