CMHC research project - testing of air barriers construction details : report.: NH17-203/1991E-PDF

"The airtightness of building envelopes has received increased attention in recent years. Leakage generally occurs through construction details, where there are joints or connections between materials, or where there are penetrations for services or other components rather than through the materials intended to provide the primary resistance to air leakage. CMHC commissioned this project to quantify the air leakage characteristics of three such details in wood-frame walls..."--Exec. Summary, p. I.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Project Implementation Division.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Title CMHC research project - testing of air barriers construction details : report.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Projet de recherche de la SCHL : évaluation d'élements de construction assurant l'étanchélté à l'air.
"August 26, 1991."
Digitized edition from print [produced by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation].
Publishing information Ottawa : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1991.
Description [93] p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • NH17-203/1991E-PDF
Subject terms Housing
Construction materials
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