BAIHP Partnership with
Energy Conservatory
Minneapolis, MN

BAIHP staff work with the Energy Conservancy (EC) to evaluate their new products for measuring air handler and exhaust fan flows.  In Year 6, BAIHP staff worked with EC staff to develop an automated test that will provide duct leakage to outside.   Discussion with EC indicated significantly increased sales of duct blasters to HUD-code manufacturers as a result of BAIHP efforts – reflecting an increase of duct leakage awareness and the new factory procedures to reduce it to Qn,total less than equal to 0.06. WSU continues to work with EC to develop new building science tools for HUD-code housing.

In Year 6, discussions with NIST, LBL, Ecotope and Energy Conservatory continued on a retrofit research effort with Dupont Tyvek, and development of new ventilation system controls with Panasonic.  These discussions will continue in 2006.

For More Information

• For more BAIHP Partnerships and Projects see: http://www.baihp.org/casestud/index.htm
• Energy Conservatory Website