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Chamber Testing of Building Under Construction
In April of 2015, we performed chamber testing of a building, during construction, following ASTM E1186 Sections 4.1.6 (using smoke) and 4.1.7 (using liquids). The contractor applied a spray air barrier on the face of the masonry block walls and the building owner was...
Air Barrier Testing Video
We recently created a video that shows our entire process of air barrier testing a building for air leakage per ASTM E779 and ASTM E1827 and thermography using ASTM C1060.
Air Leakage and Water Leakage Testing at a New Construction Office Building in Indianapolis
Last week we performed air leakage and water leakage testing at a new construction office building in Indianapolis. The project involved chamber testing per ASTM E1186, utilizing a liquid solution and smoke to identify air leaks in a wall assembly. A 10' x 10'...
Indianapolis ACOE Testing
In April of 2014, we performed ACOE testing including air barrier tests on 4 military buildings in Indianapolis, IN. The largest building had a building envelope area well over 100,000 s.f. The buildings were amazingly tight as we are seeing a vast improvement in...
Retro-Commissioning Air Barrier Testing
As part of a retro-commissioning project at a military base in Florida, Building Envelope Allies performed Air Barrier Testing, Building Envelope Scans, and Pressure Diagnostics for 31 existing buildings. The goal of the project was to develop a baseline that could...
Air Barrier Test of an Army Corps Building
Building Envelope Allies just performed an air barrier test of a 37,000 sf building for the Army Corps. This building has 2 sections: an office area and a warehouse area, which can often complicate the air barrier test because warehouse areas are much more difficult...
Air Barrier Testing Of Grocery Store (New Building)
In December 2012, we performed air barrier testing and a building envelope scan at a new grocery store in Texas. The goal of the project was to help the client identify areas where they could improve the energy efficiency of their buildings so they could implement...
Air Barrier Testing at an Air Force Base in Texas
The week of May 7th we were at an Air Force Base in Texas. We performed Air Barrier Testing and Thermal Envelope Scan on a 42,200 square foot NATO jet pilot training facility. This building had a lot of air volume in it. The building not only had a three...
Air Barrier Testing For LEED
Air Barrier Testing can be used to gain points under the Innovation in Design Category. We recently performed a building envelope thermal scan and air leakage test at a LEED Certified bank in order to help the bank locate and isolate any air leakages sites the...