Multizone airflow models for calculating infiltration rates in commercial reference buildings

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-18

  Ng, Lisa C ^a   Musser, Amy ^b   Persily, Andrew K ^a   Emmerich, Steven J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Vandemusser Design PLLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow; CONTAM; Energy; EnergyPlus; Reference buildings; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; AIRFLOW MODEL; AIRFLOW SIMULATION; AIRTIGHTNESS; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING MODEL; BUILDING ZONES; CONTAM; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; DESIGN APPROACHES; ENERGY; ENERGY CODE; ENERGYPLUS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INFILTRATION RATE; INPUT FILES; MULTIZONE; PHYSICALLY BASED;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 84872075279     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.11.035     Document Type: Article

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