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Envelope Airtightness

Envelope Airtightness is a building performance characteristic within the field of passive design that denotes the degree to which the building envelope resists unintended infiltration of outdoor air through cracks, interstices, and other pathways under specified pressure differentials.

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2017–2026

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Transient hygrothermal behaviour of a hemp concrete building envelope

Anh Dung Tran Le, Chadi Maalouf, T.H. Mai et al. · Energy and Buildings · 2010 · 232 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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Study of hygrothermal behaviour of a hemp concrete building envelope under summer conditions in France

Chadi Maalouf, Anh Dung Tran Le, Sandrine Umurigirwa et al. · Energy and Buildings · 2014 · 81 citations

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Role of airtightness in energy loss from windows: Experimental results from in-situ tests

Erdem Cüce · Energy and Buildings · 2017 · 76 citations

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Authors

134

  1. AM
    Alberto Meiss

    Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  2. IP
    Irene Poza-Casado

    Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  3. MÁ
    Miguel Ángel Padilla-Marcos

    Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

    4 publications · 140 citations

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  4. JF
    Jésica Fernández-Agüera

    Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

    3 publications · 123 citations

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  5. SJ
    Steven J. Emmerich

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States

    3 publications · 108 citations

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Institutions

61

  1. Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, Spain

    4 h-index

    17 publications

    577 citations

  2. Tallinn University of Technology

    Tallinn, Estonia

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    196 citations

  3. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    117 citations

  4. Hunan University

    Changsha, China

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    370 citations

  5. Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

    Reims, France

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    939 citations

  6. Université de Picardie Jules Verne

    Amiens, France

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    402 citations

  7. Universidad de Sevilla

    Seville, Spain

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    253 citations

  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Gaithersburg, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    240 citations

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Venues

  1. Energy and Buildings

    8 publications · 577 citations

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  2. Building and Environment

    7 publications · 268 citations

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  3. International Journal of Ventilation

    4 publications · 100 citations

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  5. Building Simulation

    2 publications · 35 citations

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