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Airtightness

Airtightness is a performance metric that quantifies the resistance of a building facade to uncontrolled air infiltration and exfiltration under specified pressure differentials, distinguishing it from related hygrothermal and structural properties by focusing exclusively on airflow continuity at the building envelope interface.

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399

Authors

158

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2017–2026

70

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Publications

138

Assessing building performance in use 3: energy performance of the Probe buildings

Bill Bordass, Robert Cohen, Mark Standeven et al. · Building Research & Information · 2001 · 283 citations

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Building airtightness: Research and practice

Max H. Sherman, Rengie Chan · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2004 · 112 citations · Full text

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Airtightness of U.S. dwellings

Max H. Sherman, Darryl Dickerhoff · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1998 · 104 citations

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Assessing building performance in use 2: technical performance of the Probe buildings

Bill Bordass, Robert Cohen, Mark Standeven et al. · Building Research & Information · 2001 · 93 citations

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Airtightness of residential buildings in Finland

Juha Vinha, Elina Manelius, Minna Korpi et al. · Building and Environment · 2015 · 79 citations · Full text

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Authors

399

  1. NV
    Nathan Van Den Bossche

    Ghent University, Belgium

    6 publications · 144 citations

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  2. AJ
    Arnold Janssens

    Ghent University, Belgium

    6 publications · 183 citations

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  3. JF
    Jésica Fernández-Agüera

    Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

    6 publications · 217 citations

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  4. CJ
    Christopher J. Wood

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 149 citations

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  5. SD
    Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo

    Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

    5 publications · 173 citations

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Institutions

158

  1. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    565 citations

  2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    303 citations

  3. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    469 citations

  4. Aalto University

    Espoo, Finland

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    259 citations

  5. Chalmers University of Technology

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    141 citations

  6. Chongqing University

    Chongqing, China

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    426 citations

  7. Universidad de Sevilla

    Seville, Spain

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    417 citations

  8. SINTEF

    Trondheim, Norway

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    138 citations

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Venues

  1. Building and Environment

    21 publications · 707 citations

    17

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  2. Energy and Buildings

    19 publications · 576 citations

    16

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  3. International Journal of Ventilation

    8 publications · 164 citations

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  4. Energy Procedia

    8 publications · 133 citations

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  5. Buildings

    5 publications · 87 citations

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