Airtightness testing of large and multi-family buildings in an Energy ...
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Posting Date | 7 January 2010Publication Date | 2009
Country | Pan European
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | Energy policies, Building envelope (walls, windows,...), Energy efficiency technologies and materials, General, Legislation, regulations, standards
Type of publication | Information Paper on EPBD
Publisher | ASIEPI Project
Number pages | 8
Source Languages | English
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Airtightness testing of large and multi-family buildings in an Energy Performance regulation context
In many European countries, the Energy Performance regulations defined or revised with the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), take into account envelope airtightness in their calculation method. This paper illustrates that the measurement of airtightness is possible in practice for large buildings. The paper also discusses subsequent practical issues for large and multi-family buildings, especially regarding the test procedures that must be harmonized to allow a homogenous evaluation of the air tightness value that will be used as input in the energy performance calculation.
Information Paper P165 of ASIEPI European project
URL | http://www.asiepi.eu
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