Residential Ventilation Handbook 2nd Edition: Home Ventilation Management

by Paul H Raymer

Overview

New homes are required to be built tightly - much tighter than they ever used to be. The codes demand it. Programs demand it. And both the occupants and the building need fresh air. There are a lot of choices on how to accomplish adequate airflow that is quiet, energy efficient, and comfortable. This book helps to sort out those choices. The first edition of the Handbook was used in classrooms and certification courses across the country. A lot has happened since that was published seven years ago. This edition includes updated codes and Standards along with more about indoor air quality (IAQ) and Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs).

This book was written by a hands-on, practical, subject matter expert. It was written to be used by . . . people. It is not meant to be an engineering text book. It includes information on:

• Choosing a residential ventilation system;
• Basic applications, airflow, and sizing guidelines;
• System design choices;
• Sound;
• Installation details;
• House pressures;
• Passive inlets, outlets, transfer grilles and makeup air;
• Verification of performance and testing;
• System troubleshooting, service, and maintenance;
• Costs of ventilation;
• Ventilation codes;
• Program requirements and opportunities;
• Fan types and applications;
• Special application ventilation;
• Ventilation for cooling;
• Humidifiers, dehumidifiers, filters, and ventilation accessories;
• Indoor air/environmental concerns;
• The future of the residential ventilation arts.

The appendices includes extensive resources on organizations and where to find fans and equipment, make-up air systems, and test equipment.

And it includes a forward by Rick Karg from Residential Energy Dynamics (RED) the primary, practical, on-line ventilation resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990678144
Publisher:	Paul H. Raymer
Publication date:	10/10/2017
Edition description:	Updated Second ed.
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Paul H. Raymer is a senior manager, consultant and trainer. He has extensive experience in company, product, program, and environmental standards development. He has over 40 years of "hands-on" building science and business education. Having been involved in the start-up and development of thirteen companies, he has demonstrated extraordinary entrepreneurial implementation, bringing new companies to life in new markets. He enjoys participation in the creation of industry standards, teaching and developing courses, writing technical articles and working with consumers, contractors, government agencies, and utilities. He presently focuses on improving the energy efficiency, comfort, and health and indoor environmental quality in existing buildings. He is deeply involved in developing causal loop solutions for bridging the audience for building science from practitioners to the general public. Mr. Raymer's experience and professional qualifications include: * National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Standard Work Specifications - Subcommittee Chair Heating Cooling and Ventilation * BPI (Building Performance Institute) Former Member of the Standards Technical Committee * Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) Standards Committee Member * IREC and IREC/American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Certified Assessor and Master Trainer * Town of Falmouth, MA Energy Committee Vice Chairman * Institute of Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) Trainer * Masco WellHome Building Science Mentor * Society of Building Science Educators Member * Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes Energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Subcommittee * National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Green Building Standard Water Efficiency and Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Task Group Mr. Raymer has served as a ventilation trainer for the State of New Jersey and as a ventilation trainer and consultant for the following states. * State of Delaware * State of Rhode Island * State of Connecticut * Certified Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) Assessor and Master Trainer * Certified Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Rater and HERS Green Rater * Certified Building Performance Institute (BPI) Building Analyst, Envelope Professional, Heating Professional, Healthy Home Evaluator, and AC/Heat Pump Professional (Field and written exam proctor) * Environmental Protection Agency (EPS) Certified Type I, II EPA 608 AC Technician * Certified Energy Star Version 3 American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) Voting Member & Secretary of the ASHRAE 62.2 SSPC Committee since 2002 * NorthEast Building Science Institute (NEBSI) - President

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  
  • Why a home needs a mechanical ventilation system;
  • How to use this book;
  
  
  
  
• Choosing Residential Ventilation Systems;
  
  • Choosing ventilation systems for a new home;
  • Ventilation system design for an existing home;
  • Totaling up the ventilation in the house;
  • How to read a fan box;
  
  
  
  
• Basic Applications, Airflow, and Sizing Guidelines;
  
  • General Airflow Considerations;
  • Fan System Choices;
  • Airflow Considerations for the Whole Dwelling Ventilation System;
  
  
  
  
• System Design Choices;
  
  • Exhaust-Only Whole Dwelling Ventilation System;
  • Supply-Only Whole Dwelling Ventilation System;
  • Balanced and Distributed Whole Dwelling Ventilation System;
  • Balanced with Heat or Energy Recovery Whole Dwelling Ventilation System;
  • Matching the System to the Climate;
  • Circulation and Distribution Basics;
  
  
  
  
• Sound
  
  • General Sound Considerations;
  • Sound Considerations for the Whole Dwelling Ventilation System;
  • Sound Considerations for bath fans;
  • Sound Considerations for kitchen fans;
  • Sound Considerations for Radon/Soil Gas Exhaust Fans;
  
  
  
  
• Installation Details;
  
  • System Design Overview;
  • Ducting;
  • Termination Fittings;
  • Dampers;
  • Ventilation Controls;
  • System Commissioning and Documentation;
  • Replacing an existing bathroom fan;
  • Replacing an existing range hood;
  • Installing a Radon/Soil Gas Mitigation System;
  
  
  
  
• House Pressures;
  
  • Building Pressures;
  • Stack Effect;
  • Diffusion;
  • Leaky Ducts and Air Handling Equipment;
  • Effects of Pressure on Backdrafting;
  • Attached Garages;
  • House Tightness or Building Tightness Limits (BTL);
  
  
  
  
• Passive Inlets, Outlets, Transfer Grilles and Makeup Air;
  
  • Over, Under and Through-wall Circulation;
  • Inlets and Outlets;
  • Design and Tempering Make-up Air;
  
  
  
  
• Verification of Performance and Testing;
  
  • Flow Testing Processes and Equipment;
  • Installed System Testing and Balancing;
  • Using an Averaging Flow Sensor (AFS) to measure airflow;
  • Commissioning and owner education;
  • Product Testing and Laboratories;
  
  
  
  
• System Troubleshooting, Service and Maintenance;
  
  • My system isn't moving any air;
  • My system is too noisy/too quiet;
  • My system is too drafty;
  • My system doesn't clear the moisture off the mirror;
  • Ventilation system maintenance;
  
  
  
  
• Costs of Ventilation;
• Ventilation Codes;
  
  • 2015 IMC;
  • 2015 IECC
  • 2015 IBC;
  • 2015 IRC;
  • 2009 IPMC;
  • State Codes;
  • Safety Testing and Performance Certification;
  
  
  
  
• Program Requirements and Opportunities;
• Fan Types and Applications;
• Special Application Ventilation;
• Ventilation for Cooling;
• Humidifiers, Dehumidifiers, Filters, and Ventilation Accessories;
• Indoor Air/Environmental Quality Concerns;
• The Future of the Residential Ventilation Arts;
• Acronyms and Abbreviations;
• Useful Values and Multipliers;
• Glossary;
• References;
• Organizations and Resources;
• Equipment Sources.

Editorial Reviews

"Paul has a great knack for making technical reading enjoyable and easy to understand." Anthony Cox, Building Science Manager, CHP

"If you want to understand ventilation without being a scientist, this book is a must-have." Paul Francisco, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne

"Shakespeare . . . might be wrong here, might have been someone else . . . contemplates the need for air exchange in the soliloquy 'to vent or not to vent, that is the question' but did not address the more fundamental issue of how. . . . Raymer does . . .." Joe Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., ASHRAE Fellow

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