bre: the breathed environment indoors
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Part of the BRE Trust
BRE: The breathed environment indoorsColin KingDate 12th April 2017
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Retrofit to older properties
– Important to understand the difference in how buildings perform
– Vapour open and vapour closed
Naturalventilation
Naturalventilation
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Pre-retrofit house
Adiabatic zoneMid-terraced: assume negligible heat loss
Wind-driven heat loss Significant ventilation heat loss via infiltration, e.g. around original windows
External walls Uninsulated – high rate of heat loss
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Pre-retrofit – moisture generation
Moisture generation per day4 people, 8 hours awake; 8hours asleep ≈ 3 kgcooking (gas hob) ≈ 2-3 kg
washing up ≈ 0.3 kg
bathing ≈ 0.8 kg
clothes washing and drying≈ 1.5 kg
Total average 8.5 kg per day ranging from 3.5 kg for 1 person to 14 kg for 4 people
Values from BS5925
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What happened to the ventilation?
Naturalventilation
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BS5925:Code of practice for ventilation principles and designing for natural ventilation, recommends (for sedentary occupants):– 16 l/s/person - Some smoking– 24 l/s/person - Heavy smoking– 32 l/s/person - Very heavy smoking
Rate should also relate to ventilated volumeDomestic ventilation systems do not have the required capacity(between 4 and
5 x ADF rates).Should they?
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Analysis of the Scale 1500 properties
Insufficientordefectiveinsulation
35%
Ventilationrates33%
Sealingjointsandinternalleaks
10%
Defectivedampcourses,trappedmoisture
22%
SoucesofMouldGrowthinDwellings
Insufficientordefectiveinsulation Ventilationrates Sealingjointsandinternalleaks Defectivedampcourses,trappedmoisture
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Unintended Consequences
– No ventilation strategy in place– Building Regulations not helpful (make
it no worse)– Moisture creation internally becomes
excessive due to lack of natural or adequate mechanical ventilation
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Unintended Consequences