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Request for Buildings to Conduct Whole Building Blower Door Testing

  • 1.  Request for Buildings to Conduct Whole Building Blower Door Testing

    Posted 05-17-2017 12:47 PM

    Oakridge National Laboratories (ORNL) is looking for commercial buildings that are about to undergo retrofit where part of the retrofit (or the only retrofit) is to reduce the air leakage rate of the building. ORNL will conduct a blower door test before the retrofit and one after the retrofit at no cost. Information gathered <g class="gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="15" data-gr-id="15">on</g> the building will be limited to generic information (such as size, <g class="gr_ gr_16 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="16" data-gr-id="16">number</g> of stories, etc) and the air leakage characteristics. No other information would be made public.  

    This is a time limited offer from ORNL, so if you have a building or know of a building that could be tested please contact: Ms. Diana Hun, hunde@ornl.gov



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    Maggie Brown
    Specialist, Knowledge Communities
    The American Institute of Architects
    Washington DC
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