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By Ben Graham, Project Manager of Energy Ratings and Field Services – PCD Engineering Air leakage testing, Blower door testing, infiltration testing, and airtightness testing are just a few names it goes by. No matter what you call it the names all mean the same thing. The tests are designed to answer the question, how drafty is the building? The …
Paul Kriescher, RESNET, BPI, Vice President, PCD Engineering – Have you heard the building codes news from the city of Denver? Denver will soon join the city of Fort Collins (which introduced air-tightness testing into its code in 2014) as a Colorado building jurisdiction that requires blower door testing of all new construction and major renovation projects. This means that …
