Comparative Performance of Two Ventilation Strategies in a Hot-Humid Climate

Stacey Rothgeb, Eric Martin, Dave Chasar, Janet McIlvaine, Sarah Widder, Ken Fonorow

Research output: NRELSubcontract Report

Abstract

In fiscal year 2013, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), and Florida Home Energy and Resources Organization (Florida HERO) began a collaborative effort to evaluate the impact of ventilation rate on interior comfort conditions, space-conditioning energy use, and indoor air contaminant concentrations. Relevant parameters were measured in 10 homes in Gainesville, Florida, along with corresponding outdoor conditions, to characterize the impact of differing ventilation rates. This report provides information about the data collection method and results from more than 1 year of data collection during a period from summer 2013 through summer 2014. Indoor air quality was sampled in three discrete periods with the first occurring in August/September 2013, the second occurring in March/April 2014, and the third occurring in August 2014.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages135
StatePublished - 2017

Bibliographical note

Work performed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington; Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction (BAPIRC), Cocoa, Florida; and Florida Home Energy and Resources Organization (Florida HERO), Newberry, Florida

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/SR-5500-65457

Other Report Number

  • DOE/GO-102017-4835

Keywords

  • BAPIRC
  • Building America
  • indoor air quality
  • mechanical ventilation
  • relative humidity control
  • residential
  • residential buildings
  • space conditioning energy use

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