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--- planning:airtight_construction:general_principles:principles_for_improving_airtightness [2015/05/09 21:37] – [Principles] wolfgangfeist@googlemail.com
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 ====== General principles for improving airtightness======
-===== Principles =====
+===== Key Principle =====
 The key principle for planning the airtightness of a building is that of the "continuous uninterrupted airtight building envelope", that can be outlined using the “red pencil method” (see the //**following illustration**//). It should be possible to trace the whole building envelope with a pencil without any breaks in each sectional drawing. In the details it must be made clear how the airtight connection is realised.  This makes it clear that airtightness is **primarily a planning task**. Craftsman can only carry this out in an airtight manner if it has been thoroughly designed.\\
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-|//**Details are important – but what is more important is the\\ basic concept. A building envelope can only be airtight\\ if it consists of just one uninterrupted airtight envelope\\ enclosing the whole heated space (red line).**//|\\
+|//**Details are important – but what is more important is the\\ basic concept. A building envelope can only be airtight\\ if it consists of just one uninterrupted airtight envelope\\ enclosing the whole conditioned space (red line).**//|\\
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 It is essential that only a **single** airtight layer is planned and implemented. Two “nearly” airtight layers will serve no purpose – leakage will still take place! This can be visualised, for example, by a leakage in the entrance door of a house, where a leaking door in the lobby won’t remedy the problem, or two buckets, both with a hole in the bottom; if one is placed inside the other, this won’t stop the water from leaking out!
-It is essential that the concept for airtightness is applied for the **long term**. The Passive House Institute studied the concepts which guarantee lasting airtightness within the framework of a IEA research project; a brief summary of the main results can be found {{:picopen:dauerhaftigkeitdichtheitpassivhauspeper.pdf|in this article (pdf in German, 1 MB)}} by Søren Peper. The full version of the research report (7.2 MB) can be found here: [[http://passiv.de/04_pub/Literatur/IEA/IEA_01/IEA-Task28_Luftdichtheit_Peper.pdf|Download "Durability of airtightness in Passive Houses" (in German)]].\\
+It is essential that the concept for airtightness is designed and applied for the **long term**. The Passive House Institute studied the concepts which guarantee lasting airtightness within the framework of a IEA research project; a brief summary of the main results can be found {{:picopen:dauerhaftigkeitdichtheitpassivhauspeper.pdf|in this article (pdf in German, 1 MB)}} by Søren Peper. The full version of the research report (7.2 MB) can be found here: [[http://www.passiv.de/downloads/05_luftdichtheit.pdf|Download "Durability of airtightness in Passive Houses" (in German)]].\\
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 ===== Airtight construction is not a question of the construction method =====
-Built examples of Passive Houses in solid, timber and pre-fabricated component constructions, formwork techniques and in steel constructions have demonstrated that airtightness is not about the construction method. Søren Peper of the Passive House Institute proved in systematic studies that n<sub>50</sub> values between 0.2 and 0.6 h<sup>-1</sup> can be achieved reproducibly with careful planning and conscientious implementation. Details about the implementation of all essential connections and penetrations are available. There are now various suitable products available from many manufacturers, which are also permanently airtight (see also information provided by the Association of Experts for Airtightness at www.flib.de).\\
+Built examples of Passive Houses in solid, timber and pre-fabricated component constructions, formwork techniques and in steel constructions have demonstrated that airtightness is not about the specific construction method. Søren Peper of the Passive House Institute proved in systematic studies that n<sub>50</sub> values between 0.2 and 0.6 h<sup>-1</sup> can be achieved reproducibly with careful planning and conscientious implementation using all these methods. Details about the implementation of all essential connections and penetrations are available. There are now various suitable products available from many manufacturers, which are also permanently airtight (see also information provided by the Association of Experts for Airtightness at www.flib.de).\\
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+In all certificates of the Passive House Institute for building envelope solutions the airtightness concept and the specific solutions for joints are being reviewed, too.
 ===== Planning stages for airtightness: =====
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 ====== Multimedia ======
-[[http://www.passivehouse-international.org/index.php?page_id=181#insulationandairtightness|Video on insulation and airtightness]]
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+Video on insulation and airtightness