Residential Air Leakage Testing and Mechanical Ventilation Verification

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Jeffrey Sonne, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Secondary Author(s)

Vieira, Robin

Report Number

FSEC-CR-2082-18

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/FSEC-CR-2082-18.pdf

Keywords

Buildings; Air Flow; Residential Air Leakage; Mechanical Ventilation; Florida Energy Conservation Code; Air Leakage Testing; Ventilation Installation

Abstract

This project is intended to answer the following four questions regarding residential building air leakage testing and whole-house mechanical ventilation requirements as stated in the 2016 Supplement 1 changes to the 5th Edition (2014) Florida Energy Conservation Code, and now continued in the 6th Edition (2017) Code: - Is the new requirement to test residential air leakage being followed? - Who is providing the air leakage testing? - Are accurate air leakage rate test values being reported? - Is whole-house mechanical ventilation being installed in applicable cases?

Date Published

5-23-2018

Identifiers

55

Subjects

Ventilation; Building laws; Energy conservation; Building inspection

Local Subjects

Buildings - Air Flow

Type

Text; Document

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Sonne, Jeffrey, "Residential Air Leakage Testing and Mechanical Ventilation Verification" (2018). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 55.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/55