BUILDING VENTILATION STUDIES

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADTPF) provides homes for a number of employees in remote locations around the State; as a result, the Department has a direct interest in the way energy efficient homes are constructed and the well-being of the occupants. The ventilation rates of Alaskan buildings has a high priority. The Research Section of the ADTPF purchased a portable gas chromatograph designed for determining air exchange rates by the tracer gas dilution method. By measuring air exchange in a number of Alaskan buildings under various environmental and meteorological conditions, a data base was established that could be used to determine whether any relationships existed between air exchange rates and more readily measurable variables. This report describes the air exchange measuring efforts of the Facilities Research staff over the period 1980 through 1985 and summarizes the results of the work.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.dot.state.ak.us/stwddes/research/assets/pdf/ak_rd_87_14.pdf
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38865
• Corporate Authors:

  Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

  2301 Peger Road
  Fairbanks, AK  United States  99701
• Authors:
  • Kailing, S H
• Publication Date: 1987-1

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 121 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air conditioning systems; Air pollution; Building; Facilities; Gas chromatography; Measurement; State departments of transportation; Ventilation systems
• Geographic Terms: Alaska
• Old TRIS Terms: Air exchange rates
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488225
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Report/Paper Numbers: AK-RD-87-14
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM