Tag: ventilation
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Should Balanced Ventilation Be Required?
Prime: prime Subtitle: Aspen’s new energy code requires balanced mechanical ventilation with recovery Images: “You know where this is going, right? Codes will eventually require balanced ventilationMechanical ventilation system in which separate, balanced fans exhaust stale indoor air and bring in fresh outdoor air in equal amounts; often includes heat recovery or heat and moisture…
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The RESNET Standard Becomes the New Ventilation Battleground
Prime: prime Subtitle: A new amendment from RESNET would reduce the use of ASHRAE 62.2-2013 in the HERS Standards Images: Just because I haven’t written about the jockeying over ventilation rates and strategies with the ASHRAE 62.2A standard for residential mechanical ventilation systems established by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Among…
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Don’t Let Your Garage Make You Sick
Prime: prime Subtitle: There’s bad stuff in the air in your garage — here’s how to keep it out of the house Images: The odds are high that the indoor air quality is worse in a home with an attached garage than in a home without one. Just take a look at the photo here…
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Beware of This Expensive Ventilation Scam
Subtitle: Three marketers of crawl space fans rely on customers who don’t know the science of air and moisture Images: How much does an exhaust fan cost? Search online and you can find lots of them that move 200 cubic feet per minute (cfm) for $100 to $150. But, if you put one in a…
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The Great Ventilation Debate, Live at the ACI Conference
Subtitle: Joseph Lstiburek and five members of the ASHRAE 62.2 committee discussed mechanical ventilation in Detroit last week Images: …