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A New Approach to Ventilation of High Rise Apartments

2001

Handegord Gustav O

Ontario Building Envelope Council

Paper discussing innovative strategies for improving ventilation systems in high-rise apartment buildings, focusing on compartmentalization and controlling stack effect pressures to enhance indoor air quality and energy efficiency published in the Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Building...

Guidelines for Ventilating Attics and Cathedral Ceilings to Avoid Icings at Their Eaves

2001

Tobiasson Wayne N,

Buska James S,

Greatorex Alan R

Oak Ridge National Laboratory,

ORNL,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Report describing the use of fresh air ventilation systems to eliminate the formation of icicles and ice dams along the eaves of roofs.

Venting of Attics & Cathedral Ceilings

2002

TenWolde Anton,

Rose William B

American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers,

ASHRAE

Report describing the use of attic ventilation to control moisture in cathedral roofs and avoid the formation of ice dams.

Washington State Residential Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Code (VIAQ): Whole House Ventilation Systems Field Research Report

2002

Devine John,

et al.

Washington State University Extension Energy Program,

WSU Extension Energy Program,

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy,

ACEEE,

U.S. Department of Energy,

DOE

Report describing a field study of 31 homes to test envelope and duct leakage and fan flowrates, and to determine ventilation operation characteristics.