Technology Solutions Case Study: Sealed Crawl Space with Integrated Whole-House Ventilation in a Cold Climate

Program Document · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1223630

W. Zoeller, J. Williamson, and S. Puttagunta

The Building America team Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) investigated a hybrid ventilation method that included the exhaust air from the crawl space as part of an ASHRAE 62.2-compliant whole-house ventilation strategy. The CARB team evaluated this hybrid ventilation method through long-term field monitoring of temperature, humidity, and pressure conditions within the crawl spaces of two homes (one occupied and one unoccupied) in New York state.

• Research Organization: Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
• OSTI ID: 1223630
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102015-4700; 7221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Crawlspace
Ventilation
Whole-house ventilation
Exhaust-only ventilation
Radon
Code compliance
IRC
International Residential Code: ASHRAE 62.2
ASHRAE 62.2-2010
ASHRAE 62.2-2013
Tracer gas
SF6
Reciprocal Age of Air
RAoA
CARB
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings
SWA
Steven Winter Associates
Condensation potential
Dewpoint
Sealed crawlspace
Unvented crawlspace
Residential