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

Program Document · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2015

OSTI ID:1223630

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

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