Retro-Commissioning Air Barrier Testing

As part of a retro-commissioning project at a military base in Florida, TSI performed Air Barrier Testing, Building Envelope Scans and Pressure Diagnostics for 31 existing buildings.   The goal of the project was to develop a baseline that could be used to determine priorities for energy improvements in these buildings.

Software has recently been developed that allows us to control many fans from one centralized laptop.    The software allows better control of the fans and facilitates quicker testing results.  Visit  http://www.thermo-scan.com for more information on our testing capabilities.

Air Barrier Test of

TSI just performed an air barrier test of a 37,000 sf building for the Army Corps.   This building has 2 sections:   an office area and a warehouse area.

There were a couple concerns with this building.   First, the building has a warehouse and an office section and there were concerns that the warehouse area would not be sealed tightly due to the construction type.   Second, the building has a standing seam metal roof and the client wasn't convinced they could get it sealed tightly.

Six fans were used to test this building and the building did not pass on the first run, but it was close.   With some "tweaking", the air leakage was easily reduced to bring the building into compliance.

Please visit http://www.thermo-scan.com if you have any questions regarding Air Barrier Testing.