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Links to Online Information Related to Duct Leakage:

• Duct Information Pages from Lawrence Berkeley Lab

• EPA publication: Should You Have The Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned? and other EPA IAQ publications

• DISCOVERING DUCTS: AN INTRODUCTION from Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• DUCTIONARY from Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• DIAGNOSING DUCTS: Finding the Energy Culprits from Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• LBNL: Aerosol-Based Duct Sealing technology.

• Leak Detectors: Experts Explain the Techniques by John Proctor, Michael Blasnik, Bruce Davis, Tom Downey, Mark P. Modera, Gary Nelson, and John J. Tooley Jr. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• Duct Fixing in America by Cyril Penn. From Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1994.

• Will Duct Repairs Reduce Cooling Load? by Danny Parker, Jim Cummings, and Alan Meier From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• LOOKING AHEAD: New Group Hunts Bad Ducts by Jim Obst. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• One Size Fits All: A Thermal Distribution Efficiency Standard By Mark P. Modera. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993

• Managing Large-Scale Duct Programs by Tom Downey. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• Guidelines for Designing and Installing Tight Duct Systems by Karl Stum. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• UTILITY PROGRAMS: Who's Repairing What? Duke Power's Success by Frank Vigil. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.

• Integrated Heating and Ventilation: Double Duty for Ducts by Mark A. Jackson. From Home Energy Magazine Online May/June 1993.

• CAN A NEW DUCT TEST TAKE THE PRESSURE? by Mark Modera and Jeanne Byrne. From Home Energy Magazine Online 1997.

• Duct Improvement in the Northwest, Part I: New Construction and Retrofit by Ted Haskell. From Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1996. "The Residential Construction Demonstration Program provides pointers on duct sealing methods and program design."

• Air Sealing in Occupied Homes by David Keefe. From Home Energy Magazine Online November/December 1995. "Over the last decade, many new techniques have evolved for improving the airtightness of existing homes. With this increased ability has come the responsibility to be comprehensive.

• Urethane Foams and Air Leakage Control by Bob Braun, Janet Hansen and Tony Woods. From Home Energy Magazine Online July/August 1995. " Urethane foams can be a key component in a continuous, high performing air barrier and have high R-values when used as insulation."

• INDOOR AIR QUALITY: Building Tightness Guidelines: When Is a House Too Tight? by George Tsongas. From Home Energy Magazine Online March/April 1993. "When it comes to weatherization, what's good in Arkansas may be bad in Maine. New guidelines will help blower door users tailor air tightness levels to the house and its setting--preserving air quality and energy savings."

• User-Friendly Pressure Diagnostics by Jim Fitzgerald, Robert Nevitt, and Michael Blasnik. "Here is an easy-to-understand explanation of pressure diagnostics. The "user friendly" approach focuses on measuring pressures rather than just leakage to help you quickly determine which weatherization treatments a home needs. Know what you're measuring before you start work."

• "Combustion Safety Checks: How Not to Kill Your Clients by Rob deKieffer. From Home Energy Magazine Online March/April 1995. "People who manage or work within programs that provide any significant service inside a building need to be familiar with the basics of combustion and combustion safety."

• Bigger is Not Better: Sizing Air Conditioners Properly by John Proctor, Zinoviy Katsnelson and Brad Wilson. From Home Energy Magazine Online May/June 1995. "It is generally accepted that "the right way" to specify an air conditioning system is to calculate the loads and select a piece of equipment that will provide comfort to the customer in a wide variety of conditions. Unfortunately this is rarely practiced."

• Sizing Air Conditioners: If Bigger Is Not Better, What Is? by John Proctor and Peggy Albright. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1996. "In this follow-up to the original "Bigger Is Not Better" article, Proctor Engineering Group offers ways to improve comfort, reduce noise, and increase efficiency when installing home air conditioners."

• Black Stains in Houses: Soot, Dust, or Ghosts? by Frank Vigil. From Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1998. "Builders are never more surprised than when they walk into one of their newly built model homes and find black stains at wall-to-floor joints and on previously pristine carpeting underneath doorways. What causes these stains and how can builders and homeowners prevent them?"

• Sick Houses: Using Diagnostic Tools to Improve Indoor Air Quality By Scott Finley. From Home Energy Magazine Online June/July 1997. "Sick building syndrome" is caused by everything from dangerous molds to meteorological occurrences. Improving the indoor air quality of these buildings calls for careful diagnostics and even more careful removal of and repairs to problem areas. Scott Finley of Energy Options Northwest describes how these repairs can be done and how to use diagnostic tools to find the sources of the problems."

• Mechanical Ventilation for the Home by Don Stevens. From Home Energy Magazine Online March/April 1996. "A ventilation system gives occupants control over a home's air change rate and thermal comfort. This article discusses the options available today for good mechanical ventilation."

• Creating Quality in New Construction: A Practitioner's Perspective by Michael Uniacke. From Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1996 "Twenty-five years after the first energy crisis, most newly constructed homes still lack the most basic energy conservation details."

Other Duct Leakage Information on Infiltec Web Pages:

• Infiltec Blower Door Catalog contains duct leakage test equipment.
• Favorite Web and Net Links

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