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The proceedings of the first AIVC Conference are divided into five sessions: Alternative measurement procedures; Automatic monitoring using tracer gas techniques; Pressurization test methods; Correlation of tracer gas and pressurization measurements; Other measurements.

Five supplementary papers from the sixth AIVC Conference as follows: The performance of ventilation in an untight house; Influence of open windows on the interzone air movement within a semi-detached dwelling; Interpretation and error analysis of multi-tracer gas measurements to determine air movement in a house; Inhabitant's behaviour with regard to ventilation. A report of the work of Annex VIII; A multi-tracer system for measuring ventilation rates and ventilation efficiencies in large mechanically-ventilated buildings.

This handbook gives a comprehensive explanation of the theoretical and practical aspects of measuring important parameters for understanding air infiltration and ventilation within buildings. Discussed parameters include: airtightness of the building envelope and its component leakage paths; air exchange rates within a building and with the external environment; efficiency of the ventilation system; flow rates in the ventilation network. It has been designed so that material suited to differing levels of expertise is readily accessible.

Contains one supplementary paper, "Experiences in air infiltration measurements in dwellings, and the discussion for the fourth AIC Conference.