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Video showing how to use an infrared camera to identify common sources of air leakage in a home’s bathrooms.
Video
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Video showing how to use an infrared camera to identify common sources of air leakage in a home’s bedrooms.
Video
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Video showing how to use an infrared camera to check for skylight air leakage during a blower door test in winter.
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Video showing how to use an infrared camera to check for air leakage around a fireplace during a blower door test in winter.
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Video showing how to use an infrared camera to identify and check for air leakage from the return grills of the home.
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Video showing how to use an infrared camera to check for air leakage around recessed can lights during a blower door test in winter.
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Video showing use of an infrared camera to check for air leakage in the walls and sill plates of a home during a blower door test in winter.
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Video describing how to use an infrared camera to check for air leakage in the ceiling during a blower door test in winter.
Video
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Video describing how to use an infrared camera to detect missing insulation (indicated by blue areas) in a cathedral ceiling.
Reference
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Report exploring alternative methods to find long-term solutions to energy loss in 1 ½-story homes to save energy, improve comfort, prevent frost buildup on the underside of the roof deck, and reduce the risk of ice dam formation/reformation.
Guide
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Guide describing how to properly test the air barrier between the garage and house, and how to ensure the air barrier is tight enough to prevent garage air from entering the home.
Reference
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Report describing two retrofit duct sealing techniques - manually-applied sealants and injecting a spray sealant, that were implemented in several low-rise multi-unit buildings in North Carolina.
Video
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Video describing how to conduct a residential duct air leakage test, including why and how to seal off all of the supply air registers, including kickplate registers. Video 7 of 9.
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Video describing how to conduct a residential blower door and duct blaster test, including how to calculate the home’s whole-house air leakage in air changes per hour using the cfm reading and the home’s volume in cubic feet. Video 6 of 9.
Reference
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Manual that identifies certain leakage limits for ducts and outlines procedures for testing ducts for conformity with air leakage limits that are set forth in a designer’s project specification.
