Ventilation Strategies for High Performance Homes

Part of the energy performance increase in new homes and homes being retrofitted is due to reducing the air leakage through the building envelope. However, a high performance home should still have good indoor air quality and therefore requires ventilation to remove pollutants from individual sources, such as in kitchens and bathrooms, generated by occupants and their activities and from building materials and furnishings. This seminar will discuss how to apply ASHRAE 62.2 in high performance homes and show how to improve upon the basics required in the standard through selection of different ventilation approaches and equipment.