Flexible Residential Test Facility: Impact of Infiltration and Ventilation on Measured Cooling Season Energy and Moisture Levels

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Danny Parker, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Report Number

FSEC-CR-1975-14

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-CR-1975-14.pdf

Keywords

Air Flow; Ventilation; Moisture; Cooling; Buildings; Residential buildings; Air infiltration; Cooling energy; Moisture levels

Abstract

Air infiltration and ventilation in residential buildings is a very large part of the heating loads, but empirical data regarding the impact on space cooling has been lacking. Moreover, there has been little data on how building tightness might relate to building interior moisture levels in homes in a hot and humid climate. To address this need, BA-PIRC has conducted research to assess the moisture and cooling load impacts of airtightness and mechanical ventilation in two identical laboratory homes in the hot-humid climate over the cooling season.

Date Published

5-28-2014

Identifiers

183

Subjects

Buildings--Energy conservation; Air quality management; Ventilation; Moisture; Energy consumption

Local Subjects

Buildings - Air Flow; Buildings - Cooling; Buildings - Moisture; Buildings - Ventilation

Type

Text; Document

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Parker, Danny, "Flexible Residential Test Facility: Impact of Infiltration and Ventilation on Measured Cooling Season Energy and Moisture Levels" (2014). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 183.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/183