The need to study air leakages: case study in social housing of Zabalgana development (Vitoria)

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  • Alberto Meiss
  • Jesús Feijó Muñoz
Alberto Meiss
Jesús Feijó Muñoz
Vol. 3 (2013), Articles, pages 57-64
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/bac.2013.3.0.997
Submitted: Jul 8, 2015 Accepted: Jul 8, 2015
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The difference between ventilation and air leakages seems clear: ventilation refers to a controlled air inlet through openings, meanwhile air leakages cause a chaotic inlet across gaps of the building enclosure, which depends on external conditions of wind and temperature. But the Spanish Building Code makes no mention to this reality, except in frames, so ventilation is calculated over perfect airtighted models; it brings as a consequence that the air leakages cause problems of over-ventilation, drafts and a lack of control on IAQ.

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