TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bist, Nikhilesh Singh (PT500516)
AU  - Apte, Michael G. (Guide)
TI  - Measuring  infiltration rates and leakage in residential buildings using blower door method (Softcopy is also available)
U1  - MBEP TH-0009 
PY  - 2018///
N1  - Table of Contents 
1. Introduction   1 
2. Research question   2 
3. Hypothesis  2 
4. Research Objective   2 
5. Background   2 
6. Outcome of the study   3 
7. Literature Review   4 
7.1. Different methods to determine ventilation rates   4 
7.2. Airtightness measurement in other countries   5 
7.3. Airtightness reporting and calculations   7 
7.4. Standards for ventilation and airtightness measurement   7 
7.5. Data analysis  7 
8. Research Methodology   9 
8.1. Blower door system selection   9 
8.2. Description of The Energy Conservatory(TEC) Blower door equipment   10 
8.3. Recruitment and site access   11 
8.4. Safety and Health   12 
8.5. Field measurement procedure   12 
8.6. Data sorting and analysis   13 
8.7. Calculation to find effective leakage area and normalized leakage area and comparison of the metrics with other countries   13 
8.8. Statistical comparison of Normalized Leakage bungalow and apartment houses   13 
9. Results & Discussion   14 
9.1. Bungalow and apartment description   14 
9.2. Air Tightness Results   17 
9.3. Discussion on Pressurization & Depressurization test   17 
9.4. Calculations of Effective Leakage area(ELA) and Normalized leakage area (NL)   19 
10. Analysis  20 
10.1. Difference in Air flow rates at 50 Pa(Q50) for pressurization and de-pressurization test   20 
10.2. Comparison of air leakage between measured Bungalows and Apartments of Ahmedabad   21 
10.3. Normalised leakage area(NL) and Equivalent Leakage(ELA) area   22 
10.4. Comparison of measured building air leakage with International standards   23 
10.5. Comparison of air tightness between measured buildings of Ahmedabad and other countries   24 
11. Conclusion   25 
12. Further use of Blower door data   26 
Appendix-A        29 
Appendix-B       34 
Appendix - C     33 
Appendix – D    34

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