Interaction of Unvented Attics With Living Space in Three Northeast Homes

Stacey Rothgeb; S. Puttagunta; O. Faakye; Stacey Rothgeb

Interaction of Unvented Attics With Living Space in Three Northeast Homes

Stacey Rothgeb, S. Puttagunta, O. Faakye, Stacey Rothgeb (NREL Technical Monitor)

Building Technologies and Science Center

California Air Resources Board

Research output: NREL › Subcontract Report

Abstract

Unvented roof assemblies are becoming common in North American construction. It is estimated that over 100,000 have been constructed since 1995 (Schumacher 2007). According to RECS 2011, more than 30% of homes with attics can be found in the very cold/cold climate areas, which equals about 10.4 million housing units. The magnitude of these numbers emphases the significance of properlyunderstanding how the attic conditions vary with respect to the conditioned space below.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	40
State	Published - 2015

Bibliographical note

Work performed by Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, Connecticut

NREL Publication Number

NREL/SR-5500-63477

Other Report Number

DOE/GO-102015-4611

Keywords

attic conditions
Building America
CARB II
consortium for advanced residential buildings
humidity ratio
Northeast
residential
residential buildings
Steven Winter Associates, Inc.
SWA
temperature differential
unvented attics

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