Are Residential Whole-House Mechanical Ventilation Systems Reliable Enough to Mandate Tight Homes?

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Jeffrey Sonne, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Secondary Author(s)

Withers Jr., Charles; Vieira, Robin

Report Number

FSEC-PF-469-16

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-PF-469-16.pdf

Keywords

Ventilation; Residential; Florida; Buildings; Mechanical ventilation systems; Residential ventilation; Homeowner survey; Ventilation system reliability; Building codes

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a field investigation of the failure rates of whole-house mechanical ventilation systems installed in Florida homes over the last 15 years. The paper includes homeowner survey and ventilation system testing results and code recommendations based on study findings.

Date Published

9-1-2016

Identifiers

112

Notes

Presented at the 2016 IAQ Conference.

© ASHRAE

Subjects

Ventilation; Surveys; Building failures; Building laws

Local Subjects

Florida; Buildings - Residential; Buildings - Ventilation

Type

Text; Document

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Sonne, Jeffrey, "Are Residential Whole-House Mechanical Ventilation Systems Reliable Enough to Mandate Tight Homes?" (2016). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 112.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/112