Emerging Smart Ventilation Strategies

When: May 22, 2020 09:30-10:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Webinar - Emerging Smart Ventilation Strategies

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Description: This session will explore how emerging technologies in indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring and smart whole-house ventilation systems could be optimized for hot and mixed-humid climate zones and lessen industry push-back on fresh-air requirements.

The presentation will review how ventilation ranks in the hierarchy of dealing with pollutants to maintain good IAQ. Methods of calculating ventilation rates based on ASHRAE 62.2-2010 / 2012-2018 IRC will be reviewed. Differences in calculating ventilation rates for 62.2-2016 will be demonstrated including a comparison of the different outcomes for both a large and small house. Strategies of how to appropriately provide fresh air will be discussed and compared including, negative, positive, hybrid and balanced ventilation strategies
The presentation will conclude with a brief look at actual research findings from field studies utilizing real-time IAQ monitoring. Findings will include results from a recent Building America project titled “Performance-Based IAQ and Optimized Ventilation”, which explores how a smart, weather-optimized ERV performs in the hot, humid south compared to a typical, continuously operating ERV.
Presenter - Mike Barcik, Southface