Abstract
This measure guideline covers how to assess and carry out the isolation of natural draft combustion appliances from the conditioned space of low-rise residential buildings. It deals with combustion appliances located either within the living space in enclosed closets or side rooms or outside the living space in an adjacent area like an attic or garage. This subset of houses does not requirecomprehensive combustion safety tests and simplified prescriptive procedures can be used to address safety concerns. This allows residential energy retrofit contractors inexperienced in advanced combustion safety testing to effectively address combustion safety issues and allow energy retrofits including tightening and changes to distribution and ventilation systems to proceed.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 44 |
State | Published - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Work performed by NorthernSTAR, Minneapolis, MinnesotaNREL Publication Number
- NREL/SR-5500-61295
Other Report Number
- DOE/GO-102014-4377
Keywords
- appliances
- Building America
- CAZ
- combustion
- combustion appliance zone
- combustion safety
- horizontal duct
- NorthernSTAR
- residential
- residential buildings
- vertical duct