Monday Full Day Workshops

Full Scope Retrofits for Performance & Profit: The How Tos of the Work & the Business. Part Three: Ventilation

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  Dan Perunko

  Co-Owner
  Balance Point Home Performance, Inc.
  Grass Valley, California

Air-tight, well-insulated homes need balanced ventilation to provide healthy, comfortable interior environments to occupants while achieving excellent energy performance. This presentation will provide information on how different approaches to ventilation affect building pressures, discuss equipment selection criteria and control strategies, ducting, and commissioning. This is an intermediate to advanced class intended for designers, builders, and developers of zero net energy new homes, as well as home performance and mechanical contractors working to improve the energy efficiency, comfort, and indoor air quality of existing homes.

Learning Objectives:

• Review results from various research studies addressing indoor air quality issues
• Be presented with design strategies and equipment choices for balanced ventilation systems and review the variables and merits of these options
• Attendees will discuss commissioning ventilation systems, including what measurements need to be taken as well as what targets to use for evaluating their work