AIVC Technical Reports

A Review of International Ventilation, Airtightness, Thermal Insulation and Indoor Air Quality Criteria

949 kB

Mark J Limb
AIVC Technical Note 55, 2001, 203 pp, Code TN 55

This review attempts to summarise available airtightness, minimum ventilation rate and indoor air quality requirements, standards, codes of practice and regulations. It also attempts to determine the nature and type of thermal insulation requirements and the rationale behind the data outlined in this report. Attempts have also been made to normalise the data, where appropriate to enable comparisons to be undertaken.

Contents

1. Introduction

2.0 Building and Component Airtightness

2.1 Methods for Whole Building Evaluation
2.2 Quantitative Determination of Building Component Airtightness
2.3 Whole Buildings
2.4 Components
2.4.1 Windows
2.4.2 Doors

3.0 Minimum Ventilation Rate Requirements

3.1 Dwellings
3.2 Offices
3.3 Schools

4.0 Indoor Air Quality Requirements

4.1 Carbon dioxide(CO2)
4.2 Carbon monoxide (CO)
4.3 Formaldehyde (HCHO)
4.4 Ozone (O3)
4.5 Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
4.6 Sulphur dioxide (SO2)
4.7 Others

5.0 Thermal Insulation Requirements

6.0 Conclusions

7.0 References

8.0 Bibliography of Additional Reading Material

Appendices

A Airtightness Requirements

A1 Whole Buildings
A2 Components

B Techniques for Measuring Air Leakage

B1 Whole Buildings
B2 Components

C Minimum Ventilation Rates

C1 Dwellings
C2 Offices and Schools

D Thermal Insulation Requirements

E Indoor Air Quality Requirements

F Standard Issuing Bodies

G Web pages of Other Relevant Organisations

H Rationale of standard terminology

I Conversion Factors