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Upstate New York Weatherization and Effects on Indoor Air Quality

Author
Govindarajan, Siddarth
Abstract
Building energy consumption accounts for forty percent of energy consumed
in the United States, but this energy consumption can be mitigated
through building weatherization, which reduces the leakage flow of indoor air.
This study aims to ascertain the effects of weatherization onto indoor air quality.
The study measures key physical parameters associated with air quality,
including particle number concentrations, particle mass concentrations, and indoor
air radon levels, in five homes (three control homes, two case homes) in
Ithaca, New York. The homes were sampled twice - pre-weatherization in the
fall and winter of 2013, and post-weatherization in the spring of 2014. The results
show that the weatherization process caused a decrease in the air exchange
rate in the weatherized case homes, but the limited sample size makes it difficult
to come to conclusions about indoor air quality trends.
Date Issued
2014-05-16Subject
Indoor Air; Air Quality
Type
dissertation or thesis