Energy Smart Contractor Expo Ventilation, ASHRAE Standard 62.

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Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D, P.Eng, ASHRAE Fellow

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Build Tight - Ventilate Right

How Tight?
What’s Right?

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Air Barrier Metrics

Material 0.02 l/(s-m2) @ 75 Pa

Assembly 0.20 l/(s-m2) @ 75 Pa
Enclosure 2.00 l/(s-m2) @ 75 Pa
0.35 cfm/ft2 @ 50 Pa
0.25 cfm/ft2 @ 50 Pa
0.15 cfm/ft2 @ 50 Pa

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Getting rid of big holes 3 ach@50

Getting rid of smaller holes 1.5 ach@50
Getting German 0.6 ach@50

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Best

As Tight as Possible - with -

Balanced Ventilation
Energy Recovery
Distribution and Mixing
Source Control - Spot exhaust ventilation
Filtration
Material selection

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Worst

Leaky - with – Nothing

Spot Ventilation in Bathroom/Kitchen
Exhaust Ventilation – with – No Distribution
and No Mixing

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Three Types of Controlled Ventilation

Systems

Exhaust Ventilation
Supply Ventilation
Balanced Ventilation

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Ventilation Rates Are Based on Odor Control

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Ventilation Rates Are Based on Odor Control

Health Science Basis for Ventilation Rates is
Extremely Limited

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Ventilation Rates Are Based on Odor Control

Health Science Basis for Ventilation Rates is
Extremely Limited
Almost Nothing Cited Applies to Housing

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Ventilation Rates Are Based on Odor Control

Health Science Basis for Ventilation Rates is
Extremely Limited
Almost Nothing Cited Applies to Housing
The Applicable Studies Focus on Dampness

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House
2,000 ft2
3 bedrooms
8 ft. ceiling
Volume: 16,000 ft3

.35 ach 93 cfm

.30 ach 80 cfm
.25 ach 67 cfm
.20 ach 53 cfm
.15 ach 40 cfm

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House
2,000 ft2
3 bedrooms
8 ft. ceiling
Volume: 16,000 ft3

Ventilation Rates
.35 ach 93 cfm 62 - 73 5 cfm/person 20 cfm
.30 ach 80 cfm 10 cfm/person 40 cfm
.25 ach 67 cfm 62 - 89 15 cfm/person 60 cfm
.20 ach 53 cfm .35 ach 90 cfm
.15 ach 40 cfm 62.2 - 2010 7.5 cfm/person 50 cfm
+ 0.01
62.2 - 2013 7.5 cfm/person 90 cfm
+ 0.03

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Office
Occupant Density

15/1000 ft2 (67 ft2/person) 62 - 89

15 cfm/person

5/1000 ft2 (200 ft2/person) 62.1 - 2007

17 cfm/person

Correctional Facility Cell

Occupant Density

20/1000 ft2 (48 ft2/person) 62.1 – 2007

10 cfm/person

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C.P. Yaglou
Harvard School of Public Health
1936
1955

150 ft3 20 cfm/person

300 ft3 12 cfm/person

C.P. Yaglou
Harvard School of Public Health
1936
1955

150 ft3 20 cfm/person 18.75 ft2 106 occupants

300 ft3 12 cfm/person 37.5 ft2 53 occupants

Experiment

470 ft3 59 ft2

200 ft3 25 ft2

100 ft3 12 ft2

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Aubin, D., Won, D.Y., Schleibinger, H., 2010

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ASHRAE Standard 62.2 calls for 7.5 cfm per

person plus 0.03 cfm per square foot of
conditioned area
Occupancy is deemed to be the number of
bedrooms plus one

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ASHRAE Standard 62.2 calls for 7.5 cfm per

person plus 0.03 cfm per square foot of
conditioned area
Occupancy is deemed to be the number of
bedrooms plus one
Outcome is often bad – part load humidity
problems, dryness problems, energy
problems

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IRC 2015 and 2018 calls for 7.5 cfm per

person plus 0.01 cfm per square foot of
conditioned area
Occupancy is deemed to be the number of
bedrooms plus one

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3 Bedroom House – 2,500 ft2

30 cfm plus 75 cfm
105 cfm

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3 Bedroom House – 2,500 ft2

30 cfm plus 25 cfm
55 cfm

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The Cult of The Blower Door

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Blower Door Can’t Get You The True ACH

On A Short Term Basis – Hour, Day, Week

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Don’t Know Where The Holes Are

Don’t Know The Type of Holes
Don’t Know The Pressure Across The Holes

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Dilution Is Not The Solution To Indoor

Pollution
Source Control

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Dilution For People

Source Control For The Building

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Recommended Range of Relative Humidity

Above 25 percent during winter
Below 70 percent during summer

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Kitchen Exhaust Hoods

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Clothes Dryers

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Fireplaces

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Approaches

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