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Tutorial 4 Answers
Tutorial 4 Answers
CIVIL ENGINEERING
ReaCT MSc
- calculate the areas of the external building surfaces ( don’t forget to include the
floor)
- work out the air leakage at 50 Pascals applied pressure difference for each surface
- Add these together to get the total air leakage at 50 Pascals
- If an estimate of the air infiltration rate under “normal” conditions is needed,
divide by 20 ( empirical “rule of thumb”)
- If ventilation heat loss is needed, use the formula