This latest addition to the University of East Anglia Campus cost 20 per cent less to build than a conventional building of similar proportions and uses 80 per cent less energy.

The fan pressurization method produces a result that characterizes the airtightness of the building envelope or parts thereof.

The 1995 edition of the National Building Code of Canada has extensively changed the ventilation requirements for housing. The code includes detailed prescriptive requirements, because in the past ventilation system design and compliance has varied. In this piece we are focusing on the new requirements in the National Building Code. These requirements apply in all areas except for Ontario and B.C. where provincial requirements were modified several years ago, and will be continued with only minor modifications.