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Building leakage, infiltration, and energy performance analyses for Finnish detached houses
AbstractThis study focuses on the relation between the airtightness of a building envelope, infiltration, and energy use of a typical modern Finnish detached house in the cold climate of Finland. The study is conducted with an empirically tested dynamic IDA-ICE simulation model of a detached house. The effect of several factors, such as Finnish climate and wind conditions, balance of ventilation system and leakage distribution, on infiltration was studied and a simple adapted model for the rough estimation of annual infiltration in Finnish detached houses was determined from the numerical simulation results. The energy impact of infiltration is also studied, taking into account the infiltration heat recovery effect. According to the results, infiltration causes about 15–30% of the energy use of space heating including ventilation in the typical Finnish detached house. The average infiltration rate and heat energy use increase almost linearly with the building leakage rate n50. Finland can be roughly divided into two zones based on the average infiltration rate of detached houses, for which stack-induced infiltration is typically dominant, regardless of the climate zone. The infiltration heat recovery effect is minor in the studied detached house.
Building leakage, infiltration, and energy performance analyses for Finnish detached houses
AbstractThis study focuses on the relation between the airtightness of a building envelope, infiltration, and energy use of a typical modern Finnish detached house in the cold climate of Finland. The study is conducted with an empirically tested dynamic IDA-ICE simulation model of a detached house. The effect of several factors, such as Finnish climate and wind conditions, balance of ventilation system and leakage distribution, on infiltration was studied and a simple adapted model for the rough estimation of annual infiltration in Finnish detached houses was determined from the numerical simulation results. The energy impact of infiltration is also studied, taking into account the infiltration heat recovery effect. According to the results, infiltration causes about 15–30% of the energy use of space heating including ventilation in the typical Finnish detached house. The average infiltration rate and heat energy use increase almost linearly with the building leakage rate n50. Finland can be roughly divided into two zones based on the average infiltration rate of detached houses, for which stack-induced infiltration is typically dominant, regardless of the climate zone. The infiltration heat recovery effect is minor in the studied detached house.
Building leakage, infiltration, and energy performance analyses for Finnish detached houses
Jokisalo, Juha (author) / Kurnitski, Jarek (author) / Korpi, Minna (author) / Kalamees, Targo (author) / Vinha, Juha (author)
Building and Environment ; 44 ; 377-387
2008-03-19
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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