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Commercial blower door testing.
A blower door system consists of a calibrated fan that is installed in an exterior doorway using an adjustable frame and cloth or a rigid hard panel with a hole for the fan to fit into.
When the fan is turned on it creates a pressure difference between the outside and the inside.
A blower door test is used on buildings in order to quantify the amount of air leakage through its enclosure.
Professional energy auditors use blower door tests to help determine a home s airtightness.
To accurately test a building enclosure for air leakage and comply with any building enclosure test standards a blower door system will need to be used.
During this test a calibrated fan is installed in an otherwise sealed door or window while all the other openings to the exterior are closed.
Reducing energy consumption due to air leakage.
These are some reasons for establishing the proper building tightness.
A blower door test can be performed at any time but for florida code compliance it is conducted just before the certificate of occupancy co is issued after all piping wiring and other penetrations of the building thermal envelope have been sealed.
Our energy saver 101 infographic explains the importance of a blower door test during a home energy audit.
Commercial air leakage testing otherwise known as commercial blower door testing enables.
Since the adoption of the 2015 iecc residential energy codes blower door air leakage testing is now a requirement for most construction projects in the denver metro area.