Tag: ventilation
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ASHRAE 62.2 Committee Chair Defends Ventilation Standard
Subtitle: Paul Francisco says there are good reasons not to lower ventilation rates, and that exhaust ventilation isn’t necessarily worse than supply or balanced ventilation Images: The great ventilation debate of 2013 roars on. Last month, I wrote about Building Science Corporation’s residential ventilation standard for new homes, to be released officially at Building Science…
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An Interview with Dr. Joseph Lstiburek
Subtitle: Joe explains BSC’s new ventilation standard, why tracer gas is a better measure of infiltration than blower doors, and his plans for a ventilation standard for existing homes Images: Dr. Joe Lstiburek of Building Science Corporation is on a mission. The issue is residential ventilation. He contends that the residential ventilation standard, ASHRAE 62.2A…
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Resistance May NOT Be Futile in the Residential Ventilation Wars
Subtitle: The Building Science Corporation has created a ventilation standard to compete against ASHRAE 62.2 Images: “ASHRAE 62 is the only national consensus standard document there is. Follow 62.2. Resistance is futile.” So said Dr. Max Sherman last summer in a presentation for the Building America Technical Update meeting. (Download pdf official report here.) That…
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Parking Structures Should Target LEED Models
Despite the growth of public transportation and other transportation alternatives, parking locations remain necessary in much of the nation. Even though parking consultants and design teams have been using sustainable practices for parking structures in recent years, many do not calculate energy use as part of their standard methodology. Unknown to most, a garage typically…
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The Tail-Wagging Labradors of RESNET
Subtitle: Great info, a new product, and the scoop I got at the RESNET conference Images: …