Net Zero Sustainable Architecture - Airtightness: Part 1

Net Zero Sustainable Architecture - Airtightness: Part 1 free download

High performance building design & testing. Airtightness: Part 1 - Concepts, metrics & test measurement methods

Designing high performance, net-zero, green or sustainable buildings involves knowledge, understanding and skills of a wide range of topics from optimising organisation of spaces to passive solar design techniques to computer simulation of occupant thermal comfort. One of these vital topics is airtightness of a buildings envelope.

Achieving appropriate airtightness of a building envelope involves addressing issues across all stages of detailed design & specification of the building fabric, services MEP design & specification and testing for client handover. Airtightness is a growing field where an ever increasing number of national building regulations and codes are adopting and tightening their requirements. Airtightness has a direct impact on how much cooling or heating a building needs and as such is a fundamental factor in building performance.

In this course you will learn about the concepts that underpin the understanding airtightness in buildings and how it affects building performance. You will learn all the metrics used internationally to characterise it and how to compute these metrics. You will learn what national building regulations, codes and standards for airtightness are used around the world with country specifics for 19 countries. You will learn how to measure airtightness and be able to differentiate between the three main test measurement methods now in use around the world.

What you learn in this Part 1 Airtightness course is relevant for all sizes of buildings and all types of construction from timber and bamboo structures to steel framed, brick & block and concrete construction. It is appropriate for a beginner, a student and specialist operating at an advanced level.