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Blower Doors ACH50 vs. Natural Infiltration
Two of the great air and infiltration expert minds of our time, Gary Nelson and Steve Rogers from TEC (The Energy Conservatory), come on the podcast to talk about blower doors. They also discuss blower door testing and how it compares to real-life infiltration.
A blower door has a fan to measure the air flowing through it, and you generally install it in a doorframe. Blower doors hook up to manometers to measure the pressure differential between the inside of a building and the outside. Generally, you need to adjust the fan speed to bring the pressure differential down 50 Pascals. Then, you…
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