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A Novel Approach To Near-Real Time Monitoring Of Ventilation Rate And Indoor Air Quality In Residential Houses, Achalu Tirfe, Jianshun Zhang

International Building Physics Conference 2018

Physics-based infiltration models, like Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and Alberta Infiltration Model (AIM-2), have been used to predict infiltration rate in near-real time. These models are derived from the driving forces of wind and temperature difference across the building enclosure system, both of which cause pressure differences across the enclosure system for infiltration. The model incorporates other major factors like building leakage characteristics, distributions of openings, microenvironment conditions around the building enclosure as affected by building shields, topography and building shape. The accuracy of the models dependents on getting these factors right. However, these factors are specific for individual buildings …