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Airtightness of buildings English version AIVC VIP 08 - Airtightness of buildings 370 kB Version française  AIVC VIP 08 - Etanchéité à l'air des bâtiments 850 kB

Titre français: Etanchéité à l'air des bâtiments

AIVC VIP 08, 2004, 8 pp
V. Dorer, C. Tanner, A. Weber

If the building envelope is not airtight enough, significant amounts of energy may be lost due to exfiltrating air, or damage to structural elements may occur due to condensation. Air leakage can be avoided by appropriate design and careful construction. Test methods to check the quality of airtightness and to locate the individual leakages are available and are increasingly used.

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