Laboratory Testing of Aerosol for Enclosure Air Sealing

doi:https://doi.org/10.2172/1043744

Title: Laboratory Testing of Aerosol for Enclosure Air Sealing

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Space conditioning energy use can be significantly reduced by addressing uncontrolled infiltration and exfiltration through the envelope of a building. A process for improving the air tightness of a building envelope by sealing shell leaks with an aerosol sealing technology is presented. Both retrofit and new construction applications are possible through applying this process either in atticsand crawlspaces or during rough-in stage.

Authors:: Harrington, Curtis; Modera, Mark

Publication Date:: 2012-05-01

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B)

OSTI Identifier:: 1043744

Report Number(s):: NREL/SR-5500-54046; DOE/GO-102012-3515
KNDJ-0-40343-00; TRN: US201214%%167

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Related Information: Work performed by Western Cooling Efficiency Center - UC Davis, Building Industry Research Alliance, Stockton, California

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; AEROSOLS; AIR; ATTICS; CONSTRUCTION; ROOFS; TESTING; WALLS; aerosols; aeroseal; laboratory testing; space conditioning; air sealing; air leakage; building shell sealing; duct sealing

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