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Blower Door Quick Guide Part 1

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Blower Door Quick Guide Part 2

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Builders use an infrared camera to “see” heat flow and air leakage around a window during construction.

Builders use an infrared camera to “see” heat flow and air leakage around a window during construction.
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Building America Case Study: Assessment of a Hybrid Retrofit Gas Water Heater

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Building America Case Study: Simple Retrofit High-Efficiency Natural Gas Water Heater Field Test, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Building America Case Study: Standard- Versus High-Velocity Air Distribution in High-Performance Townhomes

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Building America Top Innovations 2013: HPXML: A Standardized Home Performance Data Sharing System

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Building America Top Innovations 2014: ASHRAE Standard 62.2. Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings

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Building America Top Innovations 2014: HVAC Cabinet Air Leakage Test Method

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Calibrated blower door fans are used for envelope leakage testing

Calibrated blower door fans are used for envelope leakage testing
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Combustion safety testing using a smoke pen

Combustion safety testing using a smoke pen
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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test and Blower Door Test: Calculating the volume of the home

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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test and Blower Door Test: Calculating whole-house air leakage in ACH 50 from cfm air leakage and house volume

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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test and Blower Door Test: Close all windows and doors; Turn off all exhaust fans

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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test and Blower Door Test: Duct blaster testing – sealing the supply registers

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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test and Blower Door Test: Introduction

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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test and Blower Door Test: Quick and easy set up of the blower door and determination of whole house air leakage

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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test and Blower Door Test: Sequencing - Run the blower door test first

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Conducting a Residential Duct Leakage Test: Why set the Duct Fan to Depressurize not Pressurize the Home

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Contractors use a blower door to measure overall house air leakage.

Contractors use a blower door to measure overall house air leakage.
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Effect of Occupant Behavior and Air Conditioner Controls on Humidity in Typical and Low-Load Homes

Effect of Occupant Behavior and Air Conditioner Controls on Humidity in Typical and Low-Load Homes
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Equipment needed to pressure test the airtightness of walls separating the house from an attached garage

Equipment needed to pressure test the airtightness of walls separating the house from an attached garage
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Exhaust Ventilation Testing

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Existing Whole-House Solutions Case Study: Community-Scale Energy Modeling - Southeastern United States