Duct and Envelope Tightness
Verification Manual
This training manual is
designed to assure that a technician has the ability to properly
determine the leakage rate of a building's thermal envelope and HVACR heating and cooling duct system ensuring code compliance,
optimal system performance, less energy consumption, longer
equipment life and greater customer satisfaction.
This manual provides
an in depth understanding of duct leakage testing procedures,
methods of expressing results and terminology.
Contents:
Introduction
- What is
Building Science
- The
Building Shell
- The
Building Envelope
- Building
Envelope Tightness
- Building
Envelope Tightness Testing
- Duct
Tightness
- Duct
Leakage Testing
The Blower Door
- The
Blower Door
- Blower
Door Components
- How
the Blower Door Works
-
Interpreting Blower Door Results
- Blower
Door Set Up
Building Envelope Testing
- Preparing
a Home for testing
- Set up the
Blower Door
- Measure
and Record Baseline Pressure
- Conduct
the Blower Door Test
Duct testing
- Duct
Tightness Testing
- Total Duct
Leakage Test
- Tools and
Equipment Required
- Conducting
the Duct Tightness Test
- Duct
Leakage to the Outside Tests
- Blower
Door and Duct Pressurization Tester Method
- Modified
Blower Door Subtraction Method
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
Softcover
8-1/2 x 11 in.
86 pages
Copyright 2013
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