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Office of Research Facilities
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Organization(s)
ORF
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Bulletin describing the components of ECM motors and comparing their efficiency with PSC motors.
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Author(s)
Hendron Robert,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Mountain Energy Partnership
Description
Report about field testing that characterizes the uniformity of room-to-room ventilation air distribution under various operating conditions by examining multi-zone tracer gas decay curves and calculating local age-of-air.
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation
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Paper providing a comprehensive overview of HVAC system design considerations and challenges specific to multifamily residential buildings, focusing on optimizing performance and addressing common issues.
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Author(s)
Kosar Douglas
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Organization(s)
Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC,
Gas Technology Institute,
GTI Energy,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report targeting the growing number of homes utilizing deep retrofit measures and new construction practices to realize sufficiently lower infiltration levels that require mechanical ventilation as prescribed by ASHRAE Standard 62.2.
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Author(s)
Berger David,
Neri Robin
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Organization(s)
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
Description
Report describing the use of passive vents as a source of outdoor air in multifamily buildings.
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Author(s)
Rudd Armin
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
Document reviewing ventilation strategies for different climate zones that also includes schematic drawings and photographs of various ventilation installations.
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Author(s)
American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
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Organization(s)
ASHRAE
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Standard that defines the roles of and minimum requirements for mechanical and natural ventilation systems and the building envelope intended to provide acceptable indoor air quality in low-rise residential buildings. This version of the standard was published in the year 2016, and is available for...
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Author(s)
International Code Council,
Residential Energy Services Network,
American National Standards Institute
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Organization(s)
ICC,
RESNET,
ANSI
Description
This Standard provides a consistent, uniform methodology for evaluating the airtightness of building envelopes and heating and cooling air ducts and the air flows of mechanical ventilation systems.
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Author(s)
Lstiburek Joseph W
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Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
Description
BSD-102 report providing guidance about whether to construct a vented or unvented attic based on hygro-thermal zone.