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Homeowner's Energy Workbook

Homeowner’s Energy Workbook – Part 6 (Definitions)

Infiltration and ex-filtration relate to convective air movement.  Infiltration is uncontrolled air leaking in and ex-filtration, logically, is uncontrolled air leaking out.  How and where it leaks in has a lot to do with the pressures in the house.  (Remember, high pressure moves to low pressure.)  If the pressure is higher in the house than it is outside, air will move out of the house.  … Continue reading Homeowner’s Energy Workbook – Part 6 (Definitions)

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Homeowner's Energy Workbook

Homeowner’s Energy Workbook Part 4

We have to talk the same language.  Like any other field of endeavor, building science has its own terms, and if we’re going to be working together, we have to speak the same language.  The “potato/potahto” thing is a matter of pronunciation.  But what if I started talking about the lower chord in the attic and you thought I was talking about music, and I … Continue reading Homeowner’s Energy Workbook Part 4

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Homeowner's Energy Workbook

Homeowner’s Energy Workbook Part 3

But let’s go back to your house.  One of the most fundamental questions is where is it?  It’s pretty obvious is that a house in Alaska is going to perform differently than a house in Florida.  It’s probably going to be built differently.  It’s probably going to be conditioned differently.  It’s probably going to be lived in differently.  There has to be some metric that … Continue reading Homeowner’s Energy Workbook Part 3

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