IAQ Inputs 5-14-20
(Standard Ventilation Effectiveness=1)

*As defined by ASHRAE Handbook HVAC Systems and Equipment: A tight house is one "…assumed to be well insulated and to have vapor retarders, tight storm doors, windows with weather-stripping, and a dampered fireplace. An average house is insulated and has vapor retarders, loose storm doors and windows, and a dampered fireplace. A loose house is generally constructed before 1930 with little or no insulation, no storm doors, no insulated windows, no weather-stripping, no vapor retarders, and a fireplace without an effective damper."


The following contaminants will be analyzed in the conditioned space. The default values are the typical outdoor concentrations in µg/m^3. Adjust these values if actual values are known. Otherwise use the default values.


Is this new construction?*

*This check box will include an additional estimation of the off-gassing of typical construction materials. Different materials will produce difference levels of contaminants. These increased levels of offgassed contaminants will greatly diminish over time and do not affect long term indoor air quality.